About this test
Measures the CTG repeat in DMPK, whose expansion causes myotonic dystrophy type 1, a multisystem disorder of muscle, heart and eye.
- Clinical area
- Reproductive & neurogenetics
- Method
- Repeat analysis
- Sample
- EDTA whole blood · Extracted DNA
- Report languages
- EN · AR · RU
When to order
Myotonia with distal weakness, early cataracts, cardiac conduction defects, or neonatal hypotonia with an affected mother.
Results are reported to the ordering physician and should be interpreted in clinical context.
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Reproductive & neurogenetics