Catalog ID Maternal Carrier Maternal Carrier Screening / Harmony
Specimen Requirements
Request specimen collection kit from the Specimen Referral Laboratory at 706-721-4868 or send the patient to the 2nd floor MOB Laboratory. OBGYN clinics should maintain a supply in-clinic.
Turn Around Time
7-14 days
Performing Laboratory
Otogenetics
https://www.otogenetics.com/products/clinical-genetic-testing/carrier-screening/
Methodology
Next-Generation Sequencing
Additional Testing
Should the mother be determined to be a carrier for any tested condition screened through this test, the presumed father of the fetus can be tested at no additional charge*.
*except when mother was self-pay
Panels Available
1) Basic with CF: Alpha-Thalessemia, Beta hemoglobinopathies + Sickle Cell, Cystic Fibrosis, Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy
2) ACOG/ACMG: Alpha-Thalessemia, Beta Hemoglobinophaties + Sickle Cell, Bloom Syndrome, Canavan Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Familial Dysautonomia, Fanconi Anaemia, Gaucher Disease, Mucolipidosis IV, Niemann-Pick Disease (type A and B), Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Tay-Sachs Disease
3) Ashkenzai Jewish Diseases: 38 syndromes/diseases
4) Pan-Ethnic: 167 syndrome/diseases