Test(s)

Registration code (LabPLUS)

Common requests

Current LabPLUS assays

NMDA antibody (monospecific test)

NMDA

NMDA / NMDAR antibody

CASPR2, LGI1, AMPA1 & 2, GABA-B, NMDAR antibodies

LEAB

LE antibodies, Encephalitis antibodies, Limbic Encephalitis antibodies, any of the individual tests.

**Also used if request is for Voltage Gated Potassium Channel antibodies

AQP4 antibodies (Aquaporin-4)

NMO

NMO / NMOSD / aquaporin 4 / AQP4

(use if request states Neuromyelitis Optica)

**A proportion of request will be for both "NMO / MOG"**

Acetylcholine Receptor antibodies (AChRAb)

ACHO

Myaesthenia gravis (MG)

MuSK antibodies

MUSK

MUSK antibodies, muscle kinase antibodies

Hu/ANNA-1, Yo/PCA-1, Ri/ANNA2, Ma or Ta, Amphiphysin, GAD or GAD65, PCA or Tr

PNSP

Neuronal antibodies, Onconeuronal antibodies, Paraneoplastic neuronal antibodies, any of the named individual tests

MOG antibodies

(Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein)

MOG

MOG or MOG antibodies

**A proportion of request will be for both "NMO / MOG"**

Common neuronal sendaways

Voltage Gated Calcium Channel

VGCC

**Not to be confused with Voltage Gated Potassium Channel antibodies (refer "LEAB").

Myelin Associated Glycoprotein (MAG)

MAGA

**Specific request for peripheral neuropathy

Ganglioside antibodies (panel test of GM1, GM2, GD1a, GD1b, GQ1b)

GANG

**Specific request for peripheral neuropathy

As per panel; IgG and IgM antibodies for all.

Glycine Receptor Antibodies

GLYC

Highly specific request for patients with PERM (Progressive Encephalomyelitis with Rigidity and Myoclonus)