Zebra
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Hi, Comrades,
My psychiatrist has offered to order serum Autoimmune Encephalitis testing from Quest or LabCorp for me. I feel very lucky.
We are aware that the Gold Standard for confirming Autoimmune Encephalitis is to collect blood and CSF simultaneously and send them off to the Mayo Clinic for cutting-edge analysis. However, that is not an option for us right now.
1. Does anyone have strong feelings one way of the other about the quality of antibody testing at LabCorp versus Quest?
2. Any opinions on LabCorp AE Panel vs Quest AE Panel are also welcome. I know that Quest does Cell-Based Assay tests, which are more reliable than ELISA, but it appears that Quest's panel is much more limited than LabCorp's.
It feels like this test is 10 years too late, but I want to take advantage of this offer and choose the best possible option.
Thank you anyone and everyone willing to give this some thought and help me make this decision.
LabCorp: https://www.labcorp.com/tests/505535/autoimmune-encephalopathy-profile
Quest:
https://testdirectory.questdiagnost...o-titer-and-line-blot-serum?q=94955&cc=MASTER
My psychiatrist has offered to order serum Autoimmune Encephalitis testing from Quest or LabCorp for me. I feel very lucky.
We are aware that the Gold Standard for confirming Autoimmune Encephalitis is to collect blood and CSF simultaneously and send them off to the Mayo Clinic for cutting-edge analysis. However, that is not an option for us right now.
1. Does anyone have strong feelings one way of the other about the quality of antibody testing at LabCorp versus Quest?
2. Any opinions on LabCorp AE Panel vs Quest AE Panel are also welcome. I know that Quest does Cell-Based Assay tests, which are more reliable than ELISA, but it appears that Quest's panel is much more limited than LabCorp's.
It feels like this test is 10 years too late, but I want to take advantage of this offer and choose the best possible option.
Thank you anyone and everyone willing to give this some thought and help me make this decision.
LabCorp: https://www.labcorp.com/tests/505535/autoimmune-encephalopathy-profile
Quest:
https://testdirectory.questdiagnost...o-titer-and-line-blot-serum?q=94955&cc=MASTER