Genetic TestsXIST Gene Deletion

• Test Name: XIST Gene Deletion
• Test Code: 4666

• “X-inactivation, familial skewed” (OMIM #: 300087) || Gene: XIST (OMIM #: 314670)

• “X INACTIVATION CENTER, INCLUDED; XIC, INCLUDED”

• Methodology: FISH
• Performed: Everyday
• Reported: 7-10 days

• Specimen Collection: Peripheral blood
• Container: Tube with Heparin
• Specimen Volume/Amount: > 3ml
• Storage/Transport Condition: Refrigerated
• Unacceptable Specimens/Conditions: Serum; Frozen specimens; Hemolyzed specimens; Icterus; Lipemia

• Reproductive Genetics