Genetic tests

Full name Analytes Gene panels Disease Laboratory
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
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
Congenital hemangioma (2 genes) GNAQ, GNA11 Familial multiple nevi flammei, Sturge-Weber syndrome, Uveal melanoma Centrum Menselijke Erfelijkheid - KUL
Melanoma (6 genes) BAP1, CDK4, CDKN2A, MC1R, MITF, POT1 Melanoma (6 genes) - UCL Familial melanoma, MITF-related melanoma and renal cell carcinoma predisposition syndrome, Uveal melanoma, Melanoma of soft tissue Centre de Génétique Médicale UCL
Hyperparathyroidism (gene panel) AIP, MEN1, CDKN1B, PRKAR1A, RET Familial isolated hyperparathyroidism Centre de Génétique Humaine - CHU Sart-Tilman