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Microvillus Inclusion disease is a fatal disease found in the Navajo population caused by a single nucleotide polymorphism. It is characterized by intractable diarrhea and is often fatal early in life.1 The current method of diagnosis is sending duodenal biopsies for histopathological examination and confirmatory testing through genomic sequencing.
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- Helmbrecht, Hawley Elizabeth (Author)
- Caplan, Michael (Thesis director)
- Carpentieri, David (Committee member)
- Dubois, Courtney (Committee member)
- Chemical Engineering Program (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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2018-05
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