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Overview

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Test name

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Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsies (PMP22) (HNPP)

Purpose of the test

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This is a clinical test intended for Help: Diagnosis, Mutation Confirmation

Condition

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How to order

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please complete the requisition provided on the website and ensure that it is signed by the referring physician
Order URL Help: http://www.lhsc.on.ca/palm/molecular.html

Specimen source

Cell culture
Isolated DNA
Peripheral (whole) blood

Methodology

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Molecular Genetics
DDeletion/duplication analysis
Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA)
  • Applied Biosystems 3730 capillary sequencing instrument
Next-Generation (NGS)/Massively parallel sequencing (MPS)
  • Illumina MiSeq/NextSeq
CSequence analysis of the entire coding region
Next-Generation (NGS)/Massively parallel sequencing (MPS)
  • Applied Biosystems 3730 capillary sequencing instrument
  • Illumina MiSeq/NextSeq

Summary of what is tested

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Clinical utility

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Establish or confirm diagnosis

Clinical validity

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It is estimated that ~80% of individuals with a clinical diagnosis of HNPP will carry the deletion encompasing PMP22. The remaining 20% are predicted to carry a deleterious point mutation in the PMP22 gene

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Testing strategy

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Patient screened for Deletion of PMP22 gene and full coding sequence. All coding exons and 20 bp of flanking intronic sequence are enriched using an LHSC custom targeted hybridization protocol (Roche Nimblegen), followed by high throughput sequencing (Illumina). This chemistry and analysis pipeline provides a highly sensitive and specific detection of sequence and copy number alterations in a single assay that exceeds the previous gold standard of Sanger sequence and MLPA. Sequence variants and copy number changes are assessed and interpreted using clinically validated algorithms and commercial software (SoftGenetics: Nextgene, Geneticist Assistant, Mutation Surveyor; and Alamut Visual). All genes have >1000x mean read depth coverage, with a minimum 200x coverage at a single nucleotide resolution. Mitochondrial DNA testing is validated for heteroplasmy detection sensitivity of 2-5%. All variants interpreted as either ACMG category 1, 2, or 3 (pathogenic, likely pathogenic, VUS; PMID: 25741868) are confirmed using Sanger sequencing, MLPA, or other assays. ACMG category 4 and 5 variants (likely benign, benign) are not reported, but are available upon request. 000 please complete the requisition provided on the website and ensure that it is signed by the referring physician

Test services

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  • Clinical Testing/Confirmation of Mutations Identified Previously
  • Confirmation of research findings
  • Custom Deletion/Duplication Testing
  • Custom Sequence Analysis
  • Custom mutation-specific/Carrier testing

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