Disorders

Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

Synonym(s): FSH Muscular Dystrophy, FSHD, Landouzy-Dejerine Muscular Dystrophy

Gene	Locus	Protein
DUX4	4q35.2

Laboratory	Test Method	Prenatal	Carrier *
Alberta Children's Hospital, Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory - Calgary, Canada
Athena Diagnostics Inc, Reference Lab - Worcester, MA, USA
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Molecular Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory - Ottawa, Canada
Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Molecular Genetics Laboratory - Holon, Israel
Instituto de Medicina Genmica, IMEGEN - Paterna, Spain	• Linkage analysis
Leiden University Medical Center, Laboratory for Diagnostic Genome Analysis - Leiden, Netherlands
Medgene, MedGene - Bratislava, Slovakia
Seoul National University Hospital, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory - Seoul, South Korea
Sistemas Genomicos, Medical Genetics Unit - Paterna, Spain
Southmead Hospital - Pathology Sciences, Bristol Genetics Laboratory - North Bristol NHS Trust - Bristol, Great Britain	• Linkage analysis
University Hospital Brno, Center of Molecular Biology and Gene Therapy - Brno, Czech Republic
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Pathology - Iowa City, IA, USA

^* 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.