Emerging autoantibody lab tests

For all of the labs below, the blood must be drawn and centrifuged. Then it should be cold packaged and couriered to the lab (in Germany) within a certain timeframe. Patients generally must make these arrangements themselves.

Patients can hire a phlebotomist or other medical professional to draw their blood.

Patient support groups may be able to help you through this process.

Explanation

The table below lists the auto-antibody tests along with the conditions that they are associated with. If you have a particular syndrome or symptom or condition (e.g. SFN), then a positive auto-antibody test suggests that auto-immunity may be the cause of that syndrome or symptom.

The columns on the right show which labs offer which tests.

German Labs

CellTrend

https://www.celltrend.de/en/pots-cfs-me-sfn/important-publications/

This German lab offers tests for auto-antibodies associated with POTS, long COVID, CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome), and SFN (small fiber neuropathy).

Cost: Roughly €915 for all tests. Cost is lower if fewer tests are purchased.

Erde

https://www.aak-diagnostik.de/index_e.html

Cost: Around €240.

Berlin Cures

https://berlincures.de

Information on their auto-antibody testing can be found here: https://berlincures.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Berlin-Cures-Consent-Form-LongCovid-EN-20211118.pdf

Cost: Around €283.50 including VAT (19%)