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
Nephrotic syndrome, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) , Alport syndrome and podocytopathy (gene panel) Nephrotic syndrome, FSGS, Alport syndrome (76 genes) - IPG Alport syndrome, Sporadic idiopathic steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome with focal segmental hyalinosis, Familial idiopathic steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome with focal segmental hyalinosis, Idiopathic steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome with focal segmental hyalinosis Centre de Génétique-Institut de Pathologie et de Génétique (IPG)
Nephrotic syndrome - steroid resistant COQ8B Familial idiopathic steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome with focal segmental hyalinosis Centre de Génétique Humaine - CHU Sart-Tilman