Rare Disease Genomics
Phenotype-driven next-generation sequencing across rare-disease domains.
Rare disease panels in the catalogue
Genetic Panel Search54 panels. Panel names, gene counts and gene lists are reproduced from the department’s current NGS panel source document. Panel composition may be revised; the version in force at the time of testing applies.
Metabolic & Mitochondrial
- Metabolic Core Panel 835 genes
Core phenotype-driven panel for suspected inherited metabolic disease.
- Metabolic Extended Panel 1,104 genes
Extended metabolic panel for broad or atypical inherited metabolic presentations.
- Nuclear Gene–Related Mitochondrial Disorders Panel 225 genes
Nuclear-gene causes of mitochondrial disease, including mitochondrial DNA maintenance and OXPHOS assembly defects.
- Glycogen Storage Disorders Panel 29 genes
Glycogen storage disorders and related glycogenolytic and glycolytic defects.
- Mucopolysaccharidosis Panel 19 genes
Mucopolysaccharidoses and related lysosomal storage disorders.
- Cholestasis Panel 210 genes
Inherited cholestatic liver disease and bile-acid synthesis and transport disorders.
Neurology & Neurodevelopment
- Epilepsy Panel 707 genes
Genetic epilepsies, including developmental and epileptic encephalopathies.
- Non-Syndromic Epilepsy Panel 39 genes
Focused panel for non-syndromic genetic epilepsy presentations.
- Parkinson Disease Panel 95 genes
Monogenic and complex parkinsonism, including atypical and early-onset presentations.
- Dystonia Panel 350 genes
Inherited dystonias and dystonia-plus movement-disorder syndromes.
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia Panel 696 genes
Hereditary ataxias, including spinocerebellar ataxias and ataxia-plus syndromes.
- Neurodevelopmental Delay, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Hypotonia Panel 1,740 genes
Broad panel for global developmental delay, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder and infantile hypotonia.
- Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Panel 132 genes
Hereditary spastic paraplegias and complicated spastic phenotypes.
Neuromuscular
- Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes Panel 88 genes
Congenital myasthenic syndromes and neuromuscular-junction disorders.
- Muscular Dystrophy Core Panel 118 genes
Core panel for muscular dystrophies and congenital myopathies.
- Muscular Dystrophy Extended Panel 885 genes
Extended neuromuscular panel for broad or atypical myopathic presentations.
- Charcot–Marie–Tooth Disease Panel 76 genes
Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies of the Charcot–Marie–Tooth spectrum.
- Comprehensive Polyneuropathy Panel 294 genes
Broad panel for inherited and metabolic polyneuropathies.
- Myopathy Panel 154 genes
Congenital, metabolic, distal and myofibrillar myopathies.
Cardiovascular
- Arrhythmia Panel 89 genes
Inherited arrhythmia syndromes and conduction disorders.
- Long QT Syndrome Panel 47 genes
Long QT syndrome and related repolarisation disorders.
- Congenital Heart Defects Panel 312 genes
Congenital heart defects and cardiac-development disorders.
- Cardiomyopathy Panel 377 genes
Inherited cardiomyopathies, including syndromic and metabolic causes.
Immunology & Autoinflammatory
- Hemophagocytic Syndromes Panel 26 genes
Primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and related immune-dysregulation syndromes.
- Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Panel 30 genes
Severe combined immunodeficiency and profound T-cell defects.
- Comprehensive Inborn Errors of Immunity Panel 435 genes
Broad panel for inborn errors of immunity.
- Autoinflammatory Disorders Panel 117 genes
Monogenic autoinflammatory and periodic-fever syndromes.
Hematology & Bone Marrow Failure
- Thrombocytopenia Panel 65 genes
Inherited thrombocytopenias and platelet-production disorders.
- Platelet and Coagulation Disorders Panel 74 genes
Inherited platelet function and coagulation-factor disorders.
- Hereditary Anemias Panel 42 genes
Inherited anemias, including membrane, enzyme and erythropoiesis disorders.
- Fanconi Anemia Panel 28 genes
Fanconi anemia and related DNA-repair and inherited bone-marrow-failure disorders.
- Congenital Neutropenia Panel 39 genes
Severe congenital neutropenia and related bone-marrow-failure phenotypes.
Endocrine & Metabolic Endocrinology
- Disorders/Differences of Sex Development Panel 275 genes
Differences of sex development and gonadal determination disorders.
- Hypogonadism Panel 212 genes
Hypogonadotropic and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism and related reproductive endocrine disorders.
- MODY Panel 77 genes
Monogenic diabetes, including maturity-onset diabetes of the young.
- Panhypopituitarism Panel 46 genes
Congenital hypopituitarism and pituitary-development disorders.
- Thyroid Dysgenesis and Dyshormonogenesis Panel 34 genes
Congenital hypothyroidism due to thyroid dysgenesis or dyshormonogenesis.
- Monogenic Obesity Panel 67 genes
Monogenic and syndromic obesity, including leptin–melanocortin pathway disorders.
Renal
- Renal Genetics Panel 366 genes
Inherited kidney disease, including cystic, glomerular and tubular disorders.
Respiratory
- Surfactant Dysfunction Disorders Panel 19 genes
Genetic surfactant dysfunction disorders and related childhood interstitial lung disease.
- Pulmonary Hypertension Panel 31 genes
Heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary vascular disease.
- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Panel 49 genes
Primary ciliary dyskinesia and motile-cilia disorders.
- Pulmonary Fibrosis and Telomeropathy Panel 75 genes
Telomere biology disorders and familial pulmonary fibrosis, including associated bone-marrow-failure and malignancy predisposition.
Dermatology
- Epidermolysis Bullosa Panel 72 genes
Inherited epidermolysis bullosa and congenital skin-fragility disorders.
- Genodermatoses Panel 657 genes
Broad panel for inherited skin, hair and nail disorders.
Ophthalmology & Hearing
- Retinitis Pigmentosa Panel 334 genes
Inherited retinal dystrophies, including retinitis pigmentosa and syndromic forms.
- Hearing Loss and Congenital Structural Ear Anomalies Panel 420 genes
Non-syndromic and syndromic hearing loss and congenital structural ear anomalies.
Skeletal & Connective Tissue
- Skeletal Dysplasia Panel 567 genes
Skeletal dysplasias, growth-plate disorders and disproportionate short stature.
- Connective Tissue Disorders Panel 89 genes
Heritable connective tissue disease, including aortopathy and Ehlers–Danlos spectrum disorders.
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta Panel 165 genes
Osteogenesis imperfecta and other inherited disorders of bone fragility.
Syndromic & Multisystem
- Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Panel 20 genes
Cornelia de Lange syndrome and cohesinopathy-spectrum disorders.
- RASopathy Panel 22 genes
RAS–MAPK pathway disorders, including Noonan syndrome and related phenotypes.
- Bardet–Biedl Syndrome Panel 29 genes
Bardet–Biedl syndrome and closely related ciliopathies.
- Ciliopathy Panel 158 genes
Broad ciliopathy spectrum, including renal, retinal and skeletal ciliopathies.