Emerging autoantibody lab tests

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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.

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). Erde and Berlin Cures currently do not offer labs for auto-antibodies associated with SFN / 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%)