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Lusanda Madula

South African Medical Research CouncilORCID 0000-0002-4862-7887Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1 Assay:whole-exome sequencing· 1

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Ignacio Fernandez MataiD· 2 shared Kathryn StepiD· 2 shared Soraya BardieniD· 2 shared Carlos F. HernándeziD· 1 shared Elizna MaasdorpiD· 1 shared Emily WaldoiD· 1 shared Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2)· 1 shared Jonathan Ambrose CarriD· 1 shared

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Genetic & Genomic MedicineClinical Parkinsonism & Related DisordersPeer-reviewedJan 1, 2026

Comprehensive genetic screening of the South African Parkinson's disease study collection using the NeuroBooster array

Kathryn Step, Lusanda Madula, Nicole Kuznetsov…·Soraya Bardien

This study performs genetic screening of South African Parkinson's disease patients, identifying rare variants and CNVs in known PD genes, highlighting their contribution to disease in an underrepresented population.

DOI 10.1016/j.prdoa.2026.100508

humanwhole-exome sequencing

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Genetic & Genomic MedicinemedRxivPreprintAug 1, 2025

Genome-wide association analyses reveal susceptibility variants linked to Parkinson's disease in the South African population using inferred global and local ancestry

Kathryn Step, Thiago Peixoto Leal, Emily Waldo…·Soraya Bardien

This study identifies Parkinson's disease susceptibility variants in a South African cohort using GWAS and local ancestry analysis, highlighting ancestry-specific genetic risk factors.

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humanGWAS summary statistics

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