Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests

 

Description of services in CLIA certified laboratories:

 

Molecular Diagnostics

  • DNA mutation testing for twenty single gene disorders, Ashkenazi Jewish panel, thrombophilia, mitochondrial DNA disorders, cystic fibrosis
  • DNA sequence analysis for disease predisposition genes
  • RT-PCR

Cytogenetics

  • Chromosome and FISH analysis on amniotic fluid, peripheral blood, products of conception, fibroblasts, bone marrow, lymph node and solid tumors

Diagnostic Microarray Services

  • Microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization for mental retardation/developmental delay (Agilent Array)
  • Affymetrix Gene Expression, SNP analysis and Targeted Genotyping available in our clinical lab at the Center for Applied Genomics 

Biochemical Genetics

  • Amino acid and organ acid disorders, mucopolysaccharidoses, defects of carnitine metabolism

Proteomic Diagnostics

Clinical proteomic assays using Mass Spectrometry Immunoassay (MSIA) technology which couples antibody affinity capture to mass spectrometry

 

Infectious Disease Testing

  •  T Spot TB       

 

Contact person and details: Deanna Streck

         streckdl@umdnj.edu

        Tel: 973-972-3170

        Fax: 973-972-3783

 

Diagnostic Tests

Prenatal

Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein and Other Serum Markers
Prenatal Testing-Amniotic Fluid

Prenatal Testing-Chorionic Villi

Molecular

Cystic Fibrosis
Fragile X Syndrome
Leber Hereditary Optical Neuropathy (LHON) and Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies (MELAS, MERRF and NARP)
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
Prader-Willi Syndrome and Angelman Syndrome
Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Gaucher Disease
Tay-Sachs Disease

Primary Venous Thrombosis Due To A Common Factor V Mutation
DNA Banking
Screening for Apolipoprotein E (Alzheimer Disease Susceptibility Gene) in Dementia Patients
Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer BRCA1 and BRCA2 Common Mutations in the Ashkenazi Jewish Population
Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Comparative Genomic Hybridization

Diagnosis of Mental Retardation/Developmental Delay

Biochemical

Amino Acid Disorders
Galactosemia
Biotinidase Deficiency
Organic Aciduria
Mucopolysaccharidoses: Screening by Analysis of Glycosaminoglycans

Defects of the Carintine Cycle

Cytogenetics

Cytogenetics Tests Available

Prenatal Testing-Amniotic Fluid
Prenatal Testing-Chorionic Villi
Products of Conception Tissues from Aborted/Miscarried Fetuses
Blood Chromosome Analysis
Peripheral Blood Analysis-Special Techniques High Resolution Banding
Microdeletion Studies Using Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization

Cancer

Fluorescent in situ Hybridization (FISH) for Hematological Maligancies and Solid Tumors

Familial Cancer Program
Non-Random Chromosomal Abnormalities in Hematological Malignancies
Cytogenetics of Solid Tumors
Breast Cancer

Infectious Disease

T.Spot.TB