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Lars Fritsche

University of Michigan
Verified email at umich.edu
Cited by 31237

Global prevalence of post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) condition or long COVID: a meta-analysis and systematic review

…, L Zimmermann, X Shi, LG Fritsche… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background This study aims to examine the worldwide prevalence of post-coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) condition, through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods …

Age-related macular degeneration: genetics and biology coming together

LG Fritsche, RN Fariss, D Stambolian… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Genetic and genomic studies have enhanced our understanding of complex neurodegenerative
diseases that exert a devastating impact on individuals and society. One such disease, …

A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease

…, G Bråthen, I Bosnes, JB Nielsen, LG Fritsche… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease is a prevalent age-related polygenic disease that accounts
for 50–70% of dementia cases. Currently, only a fraction of the genetic variants underlying …

A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

LG Fritsche, W Igl, JNC Bailey, F Grassmann… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the
elderly, with limited therapeutic options. Here we report on a study of >12 million variants, …

Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use

…, AR Docherty, JD Faul, JR Foerster, LG Fritsche… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of mortality that influence risk for many complex
diseases and disorders 1 . They are heritable 2 , 3 and etiologically related 4 , 5 behaviors …

Hypothetical LOC387715 is a second major susceptibility gene for age-related macular degeneration, contributing independently of complement factor …

A Rivera, SA Fisher, LG Fritsche… - Human molecular …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a multifactorial disease and a prevalent cause
of visual impairment in developed countries. Risk factors include environmental components …

Variations in apolipoprotein E frequency with age in a pooled analysis of a large group of older people

…, U Chakravarthy, S Dasari, LG Fritsche… - American journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Variation in the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) has been reported to be associated with
longevity in humans. The authors assessed the allelic distribution of APOE isoforms ε2, ε3, and …

Efficiently controlling for case-control imbalance and sample relatedness in large-scale genetic association studies

W Zhou, JB Nielsen, LG Fritsche, R Dey… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
In genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for thousands of phenotypes in large biobanks,
most binary traits have substantially fewer cases than controls. Both of the widely used …

[PDF][PDF] Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations

…, MU Lie, S Børte, B Brumpton, JB Nielsen, LG Fritsche… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Osteoarthritis affects over 300 million people worldwide. Here, we conduct a genome-wide
association study meta-analysis across 826,690 individuals (177,517 with osteoarthritis) and …

Biobank-driven genomic discovery yields new insight into atrial fibrillation biology

JB Nielsen, RB Thorolfsdottir, LG Fritsche, W Zhou… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
To identify genetic variation underlying atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia,
we performed a genome-wide association study of >1,000,000 people, including 60,620 …