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Specialised Investigations
ОглавлениеVarious tests that may be unfamiliar to a newcomer to neurology are listed below:
| Serum copper & caeruloplasmin | Wilson’s disease & rare cord disease |
| CAG repeat assay | Huntington’s (Ch. 8) |
| Genetic tests | Neuropathies and ataxias (Chs 10, 17) |
| Antiganglioside antibodies | Acquired neuropathies (Ch. 10) |
| Antineuronal antibodies | Paraneoplastic syndromes (Chs 17, 21) |
| Anti‐endomysial & anti‐gliadin antibodies | Coeliac disease (Ch. 17) |
| Anti‐GAD antibodies | Stiff person syndrome (Ch. 8) |
| Anti‐acetylcholine receptor, anti‐MuSK antibodies et al | Myasthenic syndromes (Ch. 10) |
| Striated muscle antibodies, genetic tests | Myopathies, dystrophies (Ch. 10) |
| Aquaporin 4 antibodies | Devic’s (Ch. 11) |
| Voltage‐gated K channel antibodies et al | Autoimmune limbic encephalitis (Ch. 9) |
| Porphyrins, amino‐acids | Porphyrias, amino‐acid disorders |
| Leucodystrophies, various | V. long chain fatty acids, enzyme & genetic tests (Ch. 19) |
