SCA-2 (Spinocerebellar Ataxia): ATXN2 Gene Mutation Test and Its Price in India

Spinocerebellar ataxia 2 is a disease in which there is a regenerative problem with movement. Initial symptoms of this condition are difficulty in maintaining coordination, balance, eye movements and in some individuals, it can progress into parkinsonism and opthalmoparesis.

Then these symptoms further increase in intensity with difficulty in speech and swallowing, weak eye muscles. Signs of this disease starts appearing in 40’s but there are patients who got diagnosed with this disease in early childhood to late adulthood. Patients can survive up to 15 years from the year first these symptoms start appearing. Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 takes place when there is a gene mutation in ATXN2 gene.

This disease follows a pattern of autosomal dominance inheritance pattern that means that this disease will not skip generations.

Documents required:

• Doctor’s prescription
• A valid identity proof
• Genomics clinical information requisition form is mandatory to fill before this test.

Cost of SCA-2 (Spinocerebellar Ataxia): ATXN2 Gene Mutation test

The cost of Cost of SCA-2(Spinocerebellar Ataxia): ATXN2 Gene Mutation test varies from INR 5500 to INR 7500.

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