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LostOne4Ever

(9,289 posts)
Mon Dec 26, 2022, 11:15 PM Dec 2022

Where does one go to get genetic testing?

I am wanting to get tested for Klinefelter syndrome but my doctor said they don’t do that type of testing.

I went to another doctor and they took a urine sample and the urologist they sent it to said it wasn’t likely. So she declined to have me tested.

I just want to get tested. Where can I go or what can I do?

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Where does one go to get genetic testing? (Original Post) LostOne4Ever Dec 2022 OP
Mayo Clinic? TigressDem Dec 2022 #1
Most academic hospitals will have a group performing genetic testing... hlthe2b Dec 2022 #2
You can order your own tests at Sonoran quest labs. Mosby Dec 2022 #3
Thank you all LostOne4Ever Dec 2022 #4

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
1. Mayo Clinic?
Mon Dec 26, 2022, 11:35 PM
Dec 2022

Klinefelter syndrome - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
https://www.mayoclinic.org › drc-20353954

How do health care providers diagnose Klinefelter syndrome ...
https://www.nichd.nih.gov › conditioninfo › diagnosed
Dec 1, 2016 — The only way to confirm the presence of an extra chromosome is by a karyotype (pronounced care-EE-oh-type) test.

hlthe2b

(102,292 posts)
2. Most academic hospitals will have a group performing genetic testing...
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 07:46 AM
Dec 2022

i.e., hospital associated with the medical school in your state/area. If physicians are seeing nothing suggestive clinically, though, they may be unwilling to send it out because insurers won't pay without clinical indication (and some may refuse to pay at all). So, you may have to be willing to pay for the test in full.

Mosby

(16,319 posts)
3. You can order your own tests at Sonoran quest labs.
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 12:14 PM
Dec 2022

Maybe others in your part of the country.

I had some genetic testing done, the insurance Co. paid out a couple grand for it. FYI.

https://www.sonoraquest.com/my-lab-request/

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