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Overview

Test name

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6q24 MS-MLPA for transient neonatal diabetes

Purpose of the test

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This is a clinical test intended for Help: Diagnosis, Monitoring, Mutation Confirmation, Pre-symptomatic, Screening

Condition

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How to order

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•All samples should be shipped via overnight delivery at room temperature. •No weekend or holiday deliveries. •Label each specimen with the patient’s name, date of birth and date sample collected. •Send specimens with complete requisition and consent form, otherwise, specimen processing may be delayed.
Order URL Help: http://dnatesting.uchicago.edu/submitting-sample

Specimen source

Amniocytes
Amniotic fluid
Buccal swab
Cell culture
Chorionic villi
Cord blood
Fetal blood
Fibroblasts
Fresh tissue
Frozen tissue
Peripheral (whole) blood
Product of conception (POC)
Saliva

Methodology

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Molecular Genetics
MMethylation analysis
Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA)

Summary of what is tested

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Clinical utility

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Not provided

Clinical validity

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The most common cause of transient neonatal diabetes is overexpression of imprinted genes PLAGL1 and HYMAI at 6q24, due to either paternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 6 (UPD6), duplication of 6q24 on the paternally inherited allele, or hypomethylation of the maternally inherited allele. 6q24 Methylation-Specific MLPA can detect copy number variations and methylation abnormalities in the 6q24 region.

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Test services

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  • Clinical Testing/Confirmation of Mutations Identified Previously
  • Confirmation of research findings
  • Custom Prenatal Testing
  • Custom mutation-specific/Carrier testing

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