Test Information |
Test Name |
Amyloidosis panel |
Lab (Location) |
University Health Network |
Category |
Renal |
Subcategory |
Amyloidosis |
Gene/Platform/Region List |
APOA1, APOA2, B2M, FGA, GSN, LYZ, TTR |
Test type |
Gene Panel |
Samples Accepted |
Blood, DNA, Saliva |
Indications Diagnosis |
Diagnosis, Carrier / Cascade Testing |
Test Methodology |
CNV, Sequencing |
Diseases/Conditions |
Amyloidosis, Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy, Familial Transthyretin Amyloidosis, Hereditary ATTR Amyloidosis |
Notes |
Saliva samples must be provided in oragene, OG-600 kits; UHN does not provide collection kits but they can be obtained directly from DNA genotek (www.dnagenotek.com) |