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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2010 Apr;12(4 Suppl):S83–S110. doi: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181d67e44

TABLE 3. PATENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ATHENA’S COMPLETE ATAXIA PANEL.

Provider Applied
Genomics
Center at
Samaritan		 Athena Diagnostics Baylor College of
Medicine		 Boston
University		 Comprehensive Genetic
Services, SC		 Johns
Hopkins
University		 Reproductive
Genetics Institute		 US Air
Force
DNA
Diagnostic
Laboratory
Lab
Name		 Genesis
Genetic
Institute		 Reference Lab Molecular
Genetics
Laboratories		 Center for
Human
Genetics		 Molecular
Diagnostic
Laboratory		 Neuroge
netic
Testing
Laborato
ry
Website www.genesisgenetics.org www.athenadiagnostics.com www.bcm.edu/geneticlabs www.bumc.bu.edu www.compgene.com/ www.reproductivegenetics.com
Phone 1-313-544-4006 1-800-394-4493 1-800-411-4363 1-617-638-7083 1-877-266-4363 1-401-955-1349 1-773-4900 1-228-377-6727
Notes Prenatal Adult Adult and
Prenatal		 Adult and
Prenatal		 Adult and
Prenatal		 Research
Only		 Prenatal Militar
y Only
Price N/A PCR=$440
Sequencing=$2,335		 $335 SCA1=$310
Others=$175		 $208 N/A N/A N/A
Test Method
SCA1 Targeted
Mutation
Analysis
(PCR)		 X X X X X
SCA2 Targeted
Mutation
Analysis
(PCR)		 X X X X X X
SCA3 Targeted
Mutation
Analysis
(PCR)		 X X X X X X
SCA5 Sequence
analysis
of entire
coding
region		 X
SCA6 Targeted
Mutation
Analysis
(PCR)		 X X X X X X
SCA7 Targeted
Mutation
Analysis
(PCR)		 X X X X X X
SCA8 Targeted
Mutation
Analysis
(PCR)		 X X X
SCA10 Targeted
Mutation
Analysis
(PCR)		 X X X X
SCA12 Targeted
Mutation
Analysis
(PCR)		 X X
SCA13 Sequence
analysis
of entire
coding
region		 X
SCA14 Sequence
analysis
of entire
coding
region		 X
SCA17 Targeted
Mutation
Analysis
(PCR)		 X X
Frataxin Targeted
Mutation
Analysis
(PCR)		 X X X
Aprataxin Sequence
analysis
of entire
coding
region		 X X