Genetic tests

Full name Analytes Gene panels Disease Laboratory
Periodic paralysis (myotonia) / Paramyotonia congenita (SCN4A gene) SCN4A Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, Hypokalemic periodic paralysis Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
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
CYP2C9*2,*3 genotyping - drug metabolism - Pharmacogenetics CYP2C9 Vitamin K antagonists toxicity or dose selection, Oral antidiabetic drugs toxicity or dose selection Centre de Génétique Médicale UCL
Vitamin K antagonists toxicity or dose selection - VKORC1 genotyping (-1639G>A + 1173C>T) - Pharmacogenetics VKORC1 Vitamin K antagonists toxicity or dose selection, Prediction of toxicity or dose selection of vitamin K antagonists Centre de Génétique Médicale UCL
Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A (CMT1A) / Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsies (HNPP) PMP22 Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A, Dejerine-Sottas syndrome, Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies Centrum Menselijke Erfelijkheid - KUL