Detailed investigation of the unstable (CAG) repeat and the immediate surrounding region of the IT15 gene in some South African families with Huntington disease

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-124). === The primary aim of this study was to investigate the origins of the HD mutation in South Africa (SA) by constructing a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) haplotype around the IT15 gene and to determine how many haplotypes there are in SA. H...

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Main Author: Scholefield, Janine
Other Authors: Greenberg, Jacquie
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3460