Quantitative-PCR SMN1 Testing (SMA r Test)

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Hi! First of all - Happy 2008 for everbody! (Is it too late? )

I'd like to know if anybody in the group had a " carrier test " done and if yes,

where?

I have a SMA Type I daughter and therefore conclude my husband and I are

carriers however I also have an older brother who is willing to do this test to

know if he is or isn't a carrier. Morever and considering my mother has 5

brothers and sisters and I have 16 cousins, my mother also would like to know if

she is a carrier so that we can advise this side of the family.

On FSMA site I only got reference from DNA diagnostic laboratory at the Ohio

State University and at the University of Pennsylvania but would like to check

if are there any other genetic testing labs that have this " Quantitative-PCR

SMN1 Testing " available and perhaps on a more commercial basis (not as

research).

Thanks for any reply!

Iz (mom to Catarina " KittyCat - 18 months - SMA I)

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