NMDA Antibodies (Blood/CSF)

Testing Laboratory

Auckland Te Toka Tumai | Auckland Hospital

Department

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Delphic Registration Code (Alpha Code)

NMDA

Test Code (Numeric Code)

8430

Synonyms

N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Antibodies,
N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor antibody,
NMDAR,
Anti-NMDA/NMDAR

Specimen Type

• CSF
• Serum

Specimen Requirements

Tube/Container Type:

Preferred

• CSF sterile tubes (Routine Analysis)

Acceptable

• Plain (Red Top)
• SST II (Gold Cap)

Minimum Sample Volume (ml)

3.5

Clinician must complete the questionnaire on the LabPlus website.

Testing only performed Monday to Friday

Ideally paired serum and CSF specimens should be sent together for testing.
Unpaired CSF and serum specimens will be processed.

These tests are not generally urgent.

Separate lab number is required when Serum and CSF sample are received.

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