Genetic tests

Full name Analytes Gene panels Disease Laboratory
Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) (hot spot mutation - m.3243A>G) MT-TL1 MELAS Centre de Génétique-Institut de Pathologie et de Génétique (IPG)
Diabetes, mitochondrial (hot spot mutation - m.3243A>G, MTTL1 (tRNA-Leu) ) MT-TL1 MELAS Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Antwerpen
Maternally inherited deafness MT-TS1 Rare mitochondrial non-syndromic sensorineural deafness, MELAS Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) (full sequencing) MT-TL1 MELAS Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) (hot spot mutation - m.3243A>G) MT-TL1 MELAS Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
Maternally-inherited diabetes and deafness / Mitochondrial myopathy with reversible cytochrome C oxidase deficiency / mitochondrial tRNA glutamic acid MT-TE Maternally-inherited diabetes and deafness, MELAS Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (gene panel) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) - UGent Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 4 Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Gent
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
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration/ Amyotrophy Lateral Sclerosis (gene panel) Frontotemporal lobar degeneration / Amyotrophy Lateral Sclerosis (4 genes) - KUL Frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Centrum Menselijke Erfelijkheid - KUL
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
Obesitas, Monogenic early onset MC4R Obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency Centre de Génétique Humaine - CHU Sart-Tilman