Disorders

Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 8

Synonym(s): SCA 8, SCA8

Gene	Locus	Protein
ATXN8OS	13q21	Ataxin-8

Laboratory	Test Method	Prenatal	Carrier *
Alberta Children's Hospital, Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory - Calgary, Canada	• Targeted mutation analysis
Athena Diagnostics Inc, Reference Lab - Worcester, MA, USA	• Targeted mutation analysis
Centogene AG, Rare Disease Company - Rostock, Germany	• Targeted mutation analysis
Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Neurogenetics Department - Ayios Dhometios, Cyprus	• Targeted mutation analysis
Diagenom GmbH, Medical Genetics Laboratory - Rostock, Germany	• Targeted mutation analysis
Diagnostic Services of Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre site, Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory - Winnipeg, Canada	• Targeted mutation analysis
GENDA - Ciudad autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina	• Targeted mutation analysis
GENETAQ, Molecular Genetics Centre - Malaga, Spain	• Targeted mutation analysis
GGA - Galil Genetic Analysis - Kazerin, Israel	• Targeted mutation analysis
Instituto de Medicina Genmica, IMEGEN - Paterna, Spain	• Targeted mutation analysis
Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, Labor-MVZ Westmecklenburg - Schwerin, Germany	• Targeted mutation analysis
Medgene, MedGene - Bratislava, Slovakia	• Targeted mutation analysis
MGZ München, Medizinisch Genetisches Zentrum München - München, Germany	• Targeted mutation analysis
North York General Hospital, Molecular Genetics Laboratory - Toronto, Canada	• Targeted mutation analysis
Praxis fuer Humangenetik Wien - Vienna, Austria	• Targeted mutation analysis
Samsung Medical Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics - Seoul, South Korea	• Targeted mutation analysis
Sistemas Genomicos, Medical Genetics Unit - Paterna, Spain	• Targeted mutation analysis
University Hospital of Antwerp, Department of Medical Genetics - Wuyts Lab - Edegem, Belgium	• Targeted mutation analysis
University Hospital of Tuebingen, Medical Genetics Tuebingen - Tuebingen, Germany	• Targeted mutation analysis
University of Turku, Diagnostic DNA Laboratory - Turku, Finland	• Targeted mutation analysis

^* Carrier column is relevant to autosomal recessive and X-linked inheritance; column will be blank when it is not relevant (e.g. autosomal dominant inheritance, microdeletions/duplications) and/or is not offered by the lab.