Glycine Receptor antibodies
|
Assay |
Glycine Receptor antibodies |
|
Key Words |
Glycine receptor abs, GLYA |
|
Specimen Collection |
Serum (Brown) (CSF is not required but can be analysed if required) |
|
Turnaround time |
14 days
This test is referred to another centre: Churchill Hospital Old Road Headington Oxford OX3 7LE 0300 304 7777
|
|
Test indications |
These antibodies are particularly associated with PERM (Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus) and stiff person syndrome. Glycine receptor antibodies were associated with neoplasms in about 10% of a series of 52 patients (mainly thymoma and lymphoma). Carvajal-Gonzalez et al. Brain, Volume 137, Issue 8, August 2014, Pages 2178–2192, https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awu142 [1]
|
|
Methodology |
Cell based assay |
|
Interferences |
Contact referral laboratory |
|
Reference Range |
Contact referral laboratory |
|
Analytical error |
Contact referral laboratory |
|
Reference change value |
N/A |
