Labs Offering Free/Discounted Diagnostic Tests
The mission of PNS is to improve the lives of people living with peripheral neuropathies. Poor access to essential diagnostic genetic and immunologic tests continues to be a major problem for our colleagues and their patients in the developing world.
The listing below is a directory of labs offering free or reduced-cost tests, aimed at PNS members and colleagues from under-resourced countries. Click ‘Contact Lab’ to get in touch with lab contacts via email.
If you are interested in testing and need further assistance, please contact education@PNSociety.com.
Disclaimer: The PNS is not responsible for coordination of testing, shipments, or any other financial or administrative duty related to testing. The PNS does not endorse the quality of a lab’s tests.
Partner Labs Offering Free/Discounted Diagnostic Testing
Nerve Lab @NeuromuscularBCN
Location: Spain
Available Tests: Nodo-paranodal antibodies
Lab offers free testing on a research basis: Yes; Nodo-paranodal antibodies
Lab offers free testing for contacts from under-resourced countries: Yes; Nodo-paranodal antibodies
Primary Contact: Paula Llarch
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Christian Medical College Ludhiana
Location: India
Available Tests: Nerve antibodies, autoimmune encephalitis panel, paraneoplastc antibodies
Lab offers free testing on a research basis: No
Lab offers free testing for contacts from under-resourced countries: We offer a 20% subsidy to contacts from under-resourced countries.
Primary Contact: Dr. Jeyaraj D. Pandian & Dr. Maria Ghosh
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Immunopathology Laboratory
Location: Australia
Available Tests:
- alpha3 (ganglionic) ACHR live-cell antibody modulation
- Nodo-paranodal antibody testing
- Onconeuroal antibody testing
- Fixed Cell-based clustered ACHR and MuSk antibody binding
- ACHR modulation (research only)
- Glycine receptor antibody testing (research only currently)
Lab offers free testing on a research basis: Yes; All research assays listed are free. Please enquire with laboratory if list is still up to date.
Lab offers free testing for contacts from under-resourced countries: On a case-by-case basis.
Primary Contact: Nicolas Urriola
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NeuroMedics
Location: Switzerland
Available Tests:
- Nerve Conduction studies
- Electromyogrphy
- MEP
- SSEP
- VEP
- single fiber electromyography
Lab offers free testing on a research basis: No
Lab offers free testing for contacts from under-resourced countries: Yes
Primary Contact: PD Dr David Czell
Department of Neurology, MED OVGU
Location:Germany
Available Tests:
- Neurophysiology
- CSF testing
- Autoantibody testing
- Clinical testing
Lab offers free testing on a research basis: Yes
Lab offers free testing for contacts from under-resourced countries: No
Primary Contact:Stefanie Schreiber
Synaptopathies and Autoantibodies (SynatAc) Saint-Éteinne
Location: France
Available Tests:
- Anti-FGFR3 autoantibodies (ELISA test)
- Anti-AGO1/AGO2 autoantibodies (ELISA test)
Lab offers free testing on a research basis: Yes; anti-AGO1/anti-AGO2 autoantibodies
Lab offers free testing for contacts from under-resourced countries: Yes; anti-AGO1/anti-AGO2 autoantibodies
Primary Contact: Jean-Philippe Camdessanché