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
Pulmonary Fibrosis (gene panel) + rs35705950 of MUC5B gene Pulmonary Fibrosis (21 genes) + rs35705950 (MUC5B gene) - KUL Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Centrum Menselijke Erfelijkheid - KUL
Cystic Fibrosis / Congenital absence of the vas deferens / CFTR-related disorders (50 hot spot mutations) CFTR Cystic fibrosis, Congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens, Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Hereditary chronic pancreatitis Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Antwerpen
Ocular albinism and oculocutaneous albinism type 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 (gene panel) TYR, OCA2, TYRP1, SLC45A2, SLC24A5, LRMDA, GPR143 Ocular and oculocutaneous albinism - UGent Oculocutaneous albinism type 1A, Oculocutaneous albinism type 1B, Oculocutaneous albinism type 2, Oculocutaneous albinism type 3, Oculocutaneous albinism type 4, Oculocutaneous albinism type 6, Oculocutaneous albinism type 7 Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Gent