Genetic tests

Full name Analytes Gene panels Disease Laboratory
Cystic Fibrosis / related disorders (CFTR gene 88 hot spot mutations / newborn screening 12 hot spot mutations) CFTR Cystic fibrosis, Congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
Dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy - ATN1 gene CAG repeat expansion ATN1 Dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
Fragile X syndrome/POF/FXTAS - FMR1 gene CGG repeat expansion FMR1 Fragile X syndrome, Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome, Symptomatic form of fragile X syndrome in female carriers, Premature Ovarian Failure Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
Huntington disease - HTT gene CAG repeat expansion HTT Huntington disease Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
Kennedy disease / Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) - AR gene CAG repeat expansion AR Kennedy disease Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) (hot spot mutations - p.Ala53Thr in MT-ND1; p.Arg340His in MT-ND4; p.Met64Val in MT-ND6) MT-ND1, MT-ND4, MT-ND6 LHON (3 genes) - VUB Leber hereditary optic neuropathy Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
Steinert myotonic dystrophy - DMPK gene CTG repeat expansion DMPK Steinert myotonic dystrophy Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy - PABPN1 gene GCN trinucleotide repeats PABPN1 Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
Spinocerebellar ataxia (types 1, 2, 3, 6, 7) - CAG repeat expansion ATXN1, ATXN2, ATXN3, CACNA1A, ATXN7 Spinocerebellar ataxia (types 1, 2, 3, 6, 7) (5 genes) - VUB Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, Machado-Joseph disease type 3, Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB
Spinocerebellar ataxia (type 8, 17) + Dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy - repeat expansion ATXN8, TBP, ATN1 Spinocerebellar ataxia (type 8, 17 + ATN1) (5 genes) - VUB Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8, Spinocerebellar ataxia type 17, Dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Brussel VUB