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5841 South Maryland Avenue, Room L035/MC0077
Chicago, IL 60637

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Phone: 773-834-0555
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Email: ucgslabs@bsd.uchicago.edu

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Rett syndrome/Infantile spasms/atypical Rett syndrome

Tests

Disorder(s)

CPT Codes

TAT

Cost

Rett syndrome/MECP2 testing: 3 to 10cc of blood in an EDTA/purple top tube
MECP2 mutation analysis (sequencing and deletion/duplication testing) Rett syndrome 83891, 83898 x2, 83904 x4, 83900, 83901 x2, 83912 4 - 6 weeks $1400
MECP2 sequencing exons 1-4 Rett syndrome 83898 x 3, 83904 x 4 4 - 6 weeks

$925

MECP2 sequencing exon 1 only Rett syndrome 83904 2 - 3 weeks $175
MECP2 deletion/duplication analysis for females Rett syndrome 83891, 83900, 83901 x 2, 83912 4 weeks $550
MECP2 duplication analysis for males XL mental retardation 83891, 83898 x 4, 83912 4 weeks $450
Infantile spasms/atypical Rett syndrome testing: 3 to 10cc of blood in an EDTA/purple top tube
Infantile spasms/atypical Rett syndrome panel (MECP2 sequencing and deletion analysis, ARX & CDKL5 sequencing) 83891, 83898 x 8, 83904 x 16, 83900,
83901 x 2, 83912
6 - 8 weeks $3,950
MECP2 sequencing 83898 x 3, 83904 x 4 4 - 6 weeks $925
MECP2 deletion analysis 83891, 83900, 83901 x 2, 83912 4 weeks $550
ARX sequencing West Syndrome/Infantile Spasms,  X-linked Lissencephaly with Ambiguous Genitalia (XLAG), X-linked Mental Retardation 83891, 83898 x2, 83904 x4, 83912 4 - 6 weeks $1,000
CDKL5/STK9 sequencing West syndrome/Infantile spasms, atypical Rett syndrome 83891, 83898 x 4, 83904 x 9, 83912 4 - 6 weeks $2,025

Information sheet for Rett Syndrome/MECP2 testing

Information sheet for Infantile spasms panel


Infantile spasms research in Dr. William Dobyns laboratory