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Anita Harding

Anita Harding (September 17, 1952 - September 11, 1995) British neurologist

Anita Harding made several significant contributions especially in the field of inherited neurologic disorders. Her major achievements are the classification of the peripheral neuropathies[?] and hereditary ataxias[?], the first identification of a mitochondrial DNA mutation in human disease and the identification of trinucleotide repeats[?] in degenerative neurologic diseases (e.g. Huntington's disease). She has also worked extensively on the population genetics of disorders with ethnic distribution. She died of cancer. She is famous with the quote 'At least I won't have to buy Windows '95!'.



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