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News: new tests now available at Neuroimmunology and CSF Laboratory Queen Square, please enquire directly to the lab:

  • Plasma neurofilament light chain test
  • IgLON5 antibodies
  • GABA-BR antibodies and AMPA1 and AMPA2 antibodies
  • Titin, PKC gamma now available on extended neuronal blot

The Neuroimmunology and CSF Laboratory at the Institute of Neurology, (University College London Hospitals NHS Trust) is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 8045. Activities currently accredited are described on our UKAS schedule of accreditation found on the UKAS website, search under medical laboratories number 8045.

Other contact information

Lab result requests and enquiries
Telephone:020 3448 3812
Fax: 02034483797
Main email: uclh.enquiry.nhnn-nicl@nhs.net

Laboratory manager/ Consultant Clinical Scientist - Dr Melanie Hart
Telephone: 02034484198
Email: melanie.hart1@nhs.net

Address

Neuroimmunology & CSF Laboratory
Room 917 9th floor
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
Queen Square
London WC1N 3BG

Other referral information

Tertiary referrals

Specimens are processed from a wide range of national and international sources.

Referral address

Lab result requests and enquiries
Telephone:020 3448 3812
Fax: 02034483797
Main email: uclh.enquiry.nhnn-nicl@nhs.net

Laboratory manager/ Consultant Clinical Scientist - Dr Melanie Hart
Telephone: 02034484198
Email: melanie.hart1@nhs.net

The laboratory provides an analytical service for the routine examination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for the NHNN that includes triaging material between other laboratories within the Pathology Directorate. It forms a single point of contact for all work carried out on CSF within NHNN.

In addition, the laboratory provides specialist analytical services and associated clinical advice for referring laboratories throughout the United Kingdom and abroad with on-going research programmes supplementing and continuously enhancing the service provision. The Laboratory is dedicated to the analysis of CSF and serum to aid in the diagnosis of neurological diseases such as inflammatory demyelinating disorders and dementia and also provides a specialist autoantibody service for immunological disorders affecting the central and peripheral nervous system.

Our user handbook provides contact details for the laboratory, sample requirements, a list of full current test repertoire, methodology, and reporting times.

Download a request form.