Do you send only serum paraneoplastic panels or also include CSF evaluation in patients with concern for paraneoplastic neuropathy?
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For patients with concern for paraneoplastic neuropathy, do you send serum or CSF panels?
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Neurology · University of Minnesota
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Ideally, you should send both serum and CSF. There are several cases where the antibodies are positive only in CSF and not in serum.
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