Genetic tests

Full name Analytes Gene panels Disease Laboratory
Myhre syndrome (hot spot mutation - p.I500) SMAD4 Myhre syndrome Centre de Génétique-Institut de Pathologie et de Génétique (IPG)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (GGGGCC repeat expansion in the C9ORF72 gene) C9ORF72 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease, Behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia, Huntington disease-like syndrome due to C9ORF72 expansions Centrum Menselijke Erfelijkheid - KUL
Alzheimer disease (gene panel) APP, PSEN1, PSEN2, APOE Early-onset autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease, Behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia, Semantic dementia, Progressive non-fluent aphasia Centre de Génétique Humaine - Erasme ULB
Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase type II CPT2 Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency, myopathic form, Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency, severe infantile form, Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency, neonatal form Centre de Génétique-Institut de Pathologie et de Génétique (IPG)
Carnitine Palmitoyl transferase type II CPT2 Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency, severe infantile form, Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency, neonatal form, Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency, myopathic form Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Antwerpen
Tay Sachs disease (hot spot mutations - c.1274_1277dupTATC, c.1421+1G>C and c.805G>A (p.Gly269Ser)) HEXA Tay-Sachs disease, B variant, adult form, Tay-Sachs disease, B variant, juvenile form, Tay-Sachs disease, B variant, infantile form Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Antwerpen
GM2-gangliosidosis / Tay-Sachs syndrome diagnostic (HEXA gene hot spot mutations - c.1274_1277dupTATC, c.1421+1G>C and c.805G>A (p.Gly269Ser)) HEXA Tay-Sachs disease, B variant, juvenile form, Tay-Sachs disease, B variant, infantile form, Tay-Sachs disease, B1 variant, Tay-Sachs disease, B variant, adult form Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB