Macula dystrophy

ABCA4 - Bull's eye maculopathie

This test is available for the following conditions:

• Conditions > Vision impairment / blindness > Macula dystrophy

This product is also part of the following panels:

• Comprehensive preconception carrier test panel¹
• Mendelian inherited disorders panel with genome wide CNV analysis
• Vision disorders panel

Turnaround time
Complete analysis: 8 weeks / Targeted analysis: 4 weeks

Method

• Sequence analysis of all coding exons and flanking intron-exon boundaries
• Analysis of one or more specific deletions

Remarks
"MLPA analysis will not be performed on a routine basis. Deletions are very rare (analysis of >300 patients) and the more common deletion of exon 20-22 will be tested. MLPA can be requested as a seperate test".

OMIM: 601691
Performing laboratory: Radboudumc
Authorized material(s): EDTA blood, Isolated DNA, Buccal mucous membrane

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