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The laboratories listed here are known to perform testing for lysosomal storage disorders. This is not an all-inclusive list. Genzyme does not endorse or recommend any particular organization listed. Please note that Genzyme may have affiliations with some of these laboratories. The tests may or may not be covered by the patient's insurance.

Analysis/disease

UZ Gent

AZ VUB

UCL

IPG

Gaucher

       

ß-glucosidase (glucocerebrosidase)

1a

3

   

chitotriosidase

1

     

 

       

Fabry

       

α-galactosidase

1a

3

   

DNA analysis

2

   

6

 

       

MPS I

       

α-L-iduronidase

1a

3

   

Urinary Glucosaminoglycans (GAG's)

1

4

5

 

DNA analysis

 

3

   

 

       

Pompe

1a

     

Acid α-glucosidase (acid maltase)

 

3 b

   

DNA analysis

 

3

   

 

       

Niemann Pick

       

Acid sphingomyelinase

 

3

   

Contact details:

1. UZ Gent - Laboratory for Metabolic Diseases 3K5 - De Pintelaan 185 - 9000 Gent - Tel: 09/240.66.47 a Dried blood spot test available

2. UZ Gent - Medical Genetics - De Pintelaan 185 - 9000 Gent - Tel: 09/ 240 36 03

3. UZ Brussel - Laboratory for Medical Genetics - Laarbeeklaan 101- 1090 Brussel - Tel: 02/477.60.71 b analysis of acid α-glucosidase in fibroblasts

4. UZ Brussel -Laboratory for Clinical Biology - Laarbeeklaan 101 - 1090 Brussel - Tel: 02/477.50.30

5. UCL – Institute of Cellular Pathology (ICP) -Avenue Hippocrate 10 – 1200 Bruxelles – Tel : 02/ 764 75 62

6. Institut de Pathologie et de Génétique (IPG) – Avenue Georges Lemaître 25- 6041 Gosselies - Tel: 071/44.71.96

 
Lysosomal Storage Disorders
General information
Gaucher Disease
Fabry Disease
MPS I Disease
Pompe Disease