Merseyside and Cheshire Regional  Molecular Genetics Laboratory

Address

Merseyside and Cheshire Regional  Molecular Genetics Laboratory

Genetics Department

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust

Crown St

Liverpool

L8 7SS

Contact 1

Mr Roger Mountford

Contact 2

Dr David Gokhale

Contact 3

 

Telephone 1

+44 (0)151 702 4219

Telephone 2

+44 (0)151 702 4225

Telephone 3

 

Fax

 

Email 1

Roger.Mountford@lwh.nhs.uk

Email 2

David.Gokhale@lwh.nhs.uk

Duty scientist

 dna.liverpool@nhs.net

Home page

http://www.lwh.me.uk/html/genetics.php

 

 

Services offered: 20/08/2008 update by Vicky Stinton

Disease

OMIM

UKGTN service*

Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-linked)

300100

 YES

Aneuploidy (13,18,21,XY)

 

 

Breast/ovarian cancer : familial BRCA1+2 (known familial mutations only)

113705

600185

 

CADASIL

125310

YES

Charcot Marie Tooth disease(PMP22 duplication, PMP22 sequencing, MPZ sequencing, connexin 32 sequencing, mitofusin sequencing)

118200

YES

Connexin 26 (sequencing) and Connexin 30 (common deletion) 12100,604418  

Cystic Fibrosis

219700

YES

DRPLA

125370

YES

Duchenne / Becker Muscular Dystrophy

310200 300276

YES

DYT1

605204

YES

Familial Adenomatous Polyposis coli (Known familial mutations only)

175100

 

Fetal Sexing

 

 

Fragile X disease (FraxA+E)

309548, 309550

YES

Friedreich Ataxia (inc point mutations)

229300

YES

Gilbert’s syndrome

143500

YES

Hereditary liability to pressure palsy (PMP22 deletion, PMP22 sequencing)

162500

 YES

Haemochromatosis

235200

 YES

Pancreatitis - hereditary  (PRSS1) 167800 YES

Pancreatitis - idiopathic  (SPINK1)

 167790

 

Hereditary Non Polyposis Colon Cancer

114500

 

Huntington's Disease

143100

YES

JAK2 (V617F)    

Lebers Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

535000

YES

Leri-Weill dyschondrosteosis/ Langer mesomelic dysplasia (SHOX MLPA) 127300,312865, 400020   

MCAD

201450

YES

MECP2 sequencing + MLPA 300005  

Mitochondrial disorders (m.3243A>G,

m.8344A>G, m.8993T>C/G, large

scale rearrangements)

540000, 545000, 551500, 530000, 557000, 256000

YES

Myotonic Dystrophy type I

160900

YES

Myotubular Myopathy (sequencing) 310400  

Nail Patella Syndrome

161200

YES

Neuroferritinopathy

606159

YES

OPMD 164300  

Pantothenate Kinase Associated

Neurodegeneration(aka Hallervorden

Spatz disease

234200

 YES

Peutz-Jegher syndrome

175200

 YES

Prader Willi / Angelman syndrome

176270 / 105830

 YES

Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy

313200

 YES

Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA1, 2,

3,6,7 and 17).

164400, 183090, 109150, 183086, 164500,

607136

 YES

Spinal muscular atrophy (including carrier testing)

253300

 YES

Telomere deletion/duplication analysis

 

 

Uveal Melanoma (MLPA analysis)    

Uniparental disomy – chromosome 7 and 14

 

 YES

Zygosity analysis

 

 YES

 

 

 

*Services offered outside main commissioning area geographical

boundaries under the UK specialist Genetic Testing Network - enquire

to the laboratory on costs.

 

*Services offered outside main commissioning area geographical

boundaries under the UK specialist Genetic Testing Network - enquire

to the laboratory on costs.