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September 2023—Laboratory testing for paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes is neither commonplace nor cheap. It also comes with its own enigmatical math, as Michael Levy, MD, PhD, recently experienced. As the director of the Neuroimmunology Clinic and Research Laboratory in Massachusetts General Hospital’s Department of Neurology, Dr. Levy keeps an eye on PNS laboratory testing (which is performed at Mayo Clinic) at his institution. “Last week we had three tests in two days that were positive for the GFAP antibody,” Dr. Levy recalls, speaking with CAP TODAY in mid-August. “I started scratching my head, thinking, Either we’re in an epidemic—what are the chances of that happening?—or ther...