Genetic TestsKENNEDY DISEASE Genetic Test

• Test Name: KENNEDY DISEASE Genetic Test
• Test Code: 4682

• “SPINAL AND BULBAR MUSCULAR ATROPHY, X-LINKED 1; SMAX1” (OMIM #: 313200) || Gene: AR (OMIM #: 313700)

• ANDROGEN RECEPTOR
• KENNEDY DISEASE; KD
• KENNEDY SPINAL AND BULBAR MUSCULAR ATROPHY
• SPINAL AND BULBAR MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SBMA
• “BULBOSPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY, X-LINKED”
• “BULBOSPINAL NEURONOPATHY, X-LINKED RECESSIVE; XBSN”

• Methodology: DNA Sequencing
• Performed: Everyday
• Reported: 4 weeks

• Specimen Collection: Peripheral blood
• Container: Tube with EDTA
• Specimen Volume/Amount: > 5 ml
• Storage/Transport Condition: Refrigerated
• Unacceptable Specimens/Conditions: Serum; Frozen specimens; Hemolyzed specimens; Icterus; Lipemia

• Neurogenetics