User profiles for U Þorsteinsdottir

Unnur Thorsteinsdottir

Dean School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland; deCODE genetics
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Novel aspects of the pathogenesis of aneurysms of the abdominal aorta in humans

…, J Lindholt, E Allaire, U Thorsteinsdottir… - Cardiovascular …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aneurysm of the abdominal aorta (AAA) is a particular, specifically localized form of
atherothrombosis, providing a unique human model of this disease. The pathogenesis of AAA is …

Shared genetic susceptibility to ischemic stroke and coronary artery disease: a genome-wide analysis of common variants

…, C Levi, CJ O´ Donnell, M Fornage, U Thorsteinsdottir… - Stroke, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose— Ischemic stroke (IS) and coronary artery disease (CAD) share
several risk factors and each has a substantial heritability. We conducted a genome-wide …

A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies novel variants associated with osteoarthritis of the hip

…, L Southam, U Thorsteinsdottir… - Annals of the …, 2014 - ard.bmj.com
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Variant of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene confers risk of type 2 diabetes

…, V Gudnason, G Sigurdsson, U Thorsteinsdottir… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

…, AJ Swift, G Thorleifsson, U Thorsteinsdottir… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
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[HTML][HTML] Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study

…, L Chen, AFR Stewart, A Schillert, U Thorsteinsdottir… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background High plasma HDL cholesterol is associated with reduced risk of myocardial
infarction, but whether this association is causal is unclear. Exploiting the fact that genotypes are …

Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia

…, R Fossdal, TE Thorgeirsson, U Thorsteinsdottir… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
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Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

…, PM Nilsson, P Deloukas, U Thorsteinsdottir… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
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Rate of de novo mutations and the importance of father's age to disease risk

…, A Helgason, OT Magnusson, U Thorsteinsdottir… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
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[HTML][HTML] Variant of TREM2 Associated with the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

…, CM van Duijn, U Thorsteinsdottir… - … England Journal of …, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Sequence variants, including the ε4 allele of apolipoprotein E, have been
associated with the risk of the common late-onset form of Alzheimer's disease. Few rare variants …