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GTR Home > Tests > Spinobulbar Musc Atrophy, Kennedy's

Overview

Test order codeHelp: SBMA

Test name

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Spinobulbar Musc Atrophy, Kennedy's

Purpose of the test

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This is a clinical test intended for Help: Diagnosis, Predictive, Pre-symptomatic, Risk Assessment

Condition

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How to order

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https://www.mayocliniclabs.com/test-catalog/Specimen/35542
Order URL Help: https://www.mayocliniclabs.com/order-tests/index.html

Specimen source

Peripheral (whole) blood

Methodology

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Molecular Genetics
TTargeted variant analysis
Trinucleotide repeat by PCR or Southern Blot
  • Applied Biosystems 3730 capillary sequencing instrument

Summary of what is tested

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Clinical utility

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Establish or confirm diagnosis

Citations
  • Pinsky L, Beitel LK, Trifiro MA: Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy. In The Metabolic and Molecular Basis of Inherited Disease. Vol 4. 8th edition. Edited by CR Scriver. AL Beaudet, WS Sly, et al. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 2001, pp 4147-4157

Clinical validity

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