Evaluating patients with suspected autoimmune stiff-person spectrum disorders (stiff-person syndrome, stiff-limb, stiff trunk or progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus [PERM]) using serum specimens.
Gold serum separator (SST) tube
Refrigerated (preferred) - 28 days
Ambient - 72 hours
Frozen - 28 days
Gross hemolysis
Gross lipemia
Gross icterus
Live Cell-Binding Assay (LCBA)
Negative