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Originally Posted by glenntaj
--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:
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Thank you for this link!
Last edited by mrsD; 07-03-2012 at 03:55 PM.
Reason: fixing quote tags for clarity
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