View Single Post
Old 07-03-2012, 06:05 AM
glenntaj glenntaj is offline
Magnate
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 2,857
15 yr Member
glenntaj glenntaj is offline
Magnate
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 2,857
15 yr Member
Default Athena or Quest does have teh ability to do it--

--as does Specialty Lab of Van Nuys, California. There are probably other labs that do these now as well.

The most important antibodies to test for, I think, are the ones associated with neoplastic syndromes--the Hu, Yo, and Ti antibodies. But it might also be good to be titred up for antibodies specific to peripheral nerve; a lot of non-specialists just think to test the anti-nuclear antibody variants when autoimmune reactions are suspected.

This Quest clinical application paper written with expert Dr. Norman LAtov gives a list of the antibodies that can be tested for serologically; not all of them are anti-neuronal, but those are part of the list:

http://www.questdiagnostics.com/test...eralNeurop.htm
glenntaj is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote