Clinical Neuroscience You are here:HomeHealth ProfessionalsDiagnostic ServicesClinical Neuroscience St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne) Limited Mitochondrial and Autoimmune Neurological Disorders Laboratory As part of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, our diagnostic laboratory offers mitochondrial genetic testing and autoimmune encephalitis testing for a range of neurological related disorders. Tests Performed 1. Molecular diagnostic screening for disorders associated with mitochondrial DNA variants such as: Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke like episodes (MELAS) Myoclonic Epilepsy and Ragged Red Fibres (MERRF) Neuropathy Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP) and Leigh’s Syndrome (LS) Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) 2. Autoimmune Encephalopathy Testing –indirect immunofluorescence-antibodies against: Voltage gated potassium channel associated proteins (VGKC) LG1 and CASPR2 Glutamate receptor type NMDA Glutamate receptor type AMPA R1 and R2 GABAB receptors B1 and B2 Dipeptidyl aminopeptidase-like protein 6 (DPPX) Resources Download a copy of our flyer Consent for payment of genetic testing form Requisition form for mitochondrial genetic tests Specimen Handling protocol for genetic tests Requisition form for encephalitis testing Specimen handling protocol for encephalitis testing Contact Us Professor Steven Collins (Consultant Neurologist and Head of Diagnostic Laboratory) Dr Rosetta Marotta (Senior scientist) Email: rosetta.marotta@svhm.org.au Name* - required Email* - required Phone no. Message* - required you have entered an invalid code refreshGet Audio Code Type the code from the image Mandatory field(s) marked with *