• Deficit of homozygosity among 1.52 million individuals and genetic causes of recessive lethality 

      Oddsson, Asmundur; Sulem, Patrick; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Arnadottir, Gudny A.; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Halldorsson, Gisli H.; Atlason, Bjarni A.; Oskarsson, Gudjon R.; Helgason, Hannes; Nielsen, Henriette Svarre; Westergaard, David; Karjalainen, Juha; Katrinardottir, Hildigunnur; Fridriksdottir, Run; Jensson, Brynjar O.; Tragante, Vinicius; Ferkingstad, Egil; Jónsson, Hákon; Gudjonsson, Sigurjon A.; Beyter, Doruk; Moore, Kristjan H.S.; Thordardottir, Helga B.; Kristmundsdottir, Snædis; Stefansson, Olafur A.; Rantapää Dahlqvist, Solbritt; Sonderby, Ida Elken; Didriksen, Maria; Stridh, Pernilla; Haavik, Jan; Tryggvadottir, Laufey; Frei, Oleksandr; Walters, G. Bragi; Kockum, Ingrid; Hjalgrim, Henrik; Olafsdottir, Thorunn A; Selbæk, Geir; Nyegaard, Mette; Erikstrup, Christian; Brodersen, Thorsten; Sævarsdottir, Sædis; Olsson, Tomas; Nielsen, Kaspar Rene; Haraldsson, Àsgeir; Bruun, Mie Topholm; Hansen, Thomas Folkmann; Steingrimsdottir, Thora; Jacobsen, Rikke Louise; Lie, Rolv T.; Djurovic, Srdjan; Alfredsson, Lars; Portilla, A.L.; Brunak, Søren; Havdahl, Alexandra; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Genotypes causing pregnancy loss and perinatal mortality are depleted among living individuals and are therefore difficult to find. To explore genetic causes of recessive lethality, we searched for sequence variants with ...
    • Fourteen sequence variants that associate with multiple sclerosis discovered by meta-analysis informed by genetic correlations 

      Olafsson, S.; Stridh, P.; Bos, Steffan Daniel; Ingason, Andrés; Euesden, J; Sulem, Patrick; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Gustafsson, O; Geirsson, AJ; Jóhannesson, Ari J.; Thorsson, AV; Ludviksson, BR; Sigurgeirsson, Bardur; Jonasson, JG; Olafsson, E; Kristjansdottir, H; Olafsson, JH; Orvar, KB; Benediktsson, Rafn; Bjarnason, Ragnar; Kristjansdottir, Sjofn; Gislason, Thorarin; Valdimarsson, T; Mikaelsdottir, E; Sigurdsson, S; Jonsson, S; Rafnar, Thorunn; Aarsland, Dag; Djurovic, Srdjan; Fladby, Tormod; Knudsen, Gun Peggy S.; Celius, Elisabeth Gulowsen; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Gröndal, Gerdur; Steinsson, K; Valdimarsson, Helgi; Bjornsson, Sigurdur; Bjornsdottir, US; Bjornsson, Einar S.; Nilsson, B; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Alfredsson, Lars; Hillert, Jan; Kockum, Ingrid; Másson, Gísli; Thorsteinssdottir, U; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Stefansson, H; Hjaltason, H; Harbo, Hanne Flinstad; Olsson, T; Jonsdottir, I; Stefansson, K (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      A meta-analysis of publicly available summary statistics on multiple sclerosis combined with three Nordic multiple sclerosis cohorts (21,079 cases, 371,198 controls) revealed seven sequence variants associating with multiple ...
    • Rare variants with large effects provide functional insights into the pathology of migraine subtypes, with and without aura 

      Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Chalmer, Mona A.; Stefansdottir, Lilja; Skuladottir, Astros Th.; Einarsson, Gudmundur; Andresdottir, Margret; Beyter, Doruk; Ferkingstad, Egil; Gretarsdottir, Solveig; Halldorsson, Bjarni V.; Halldorsson, Gisli H.; Helgadottir, Anna; Helgason, Hannes; Hjorleifsson Eldjarn, Grimur; Jonasdottir, Adalbjorg; Jonasdottir, Aslaug; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Knowlton, Kirk U.; Nadauld, Lincoln D.; Lund, Sigrun H.; Magnusson, Olafur Th.; Melsted, Pall; Moore, Kristjan H. S.; Oddsson, Asmundur; Olason, Pall I.; Sigurdsson, Asgeir; Stefansson, Olafur A.; Saemundsdottir, Jona; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Tragante, Vinicius; Unnsteinsdottir, Unnur; Walters, G. Bragi; Zink, Florian; Rødevand, Linn; Andreassen, Ole; Igland, Jannicke; Lie, Rolv T.; Haavik, Jan; Banasik, Karina; Brunak, Søren; Didriksen, Maria; T. Bruun, Mie; Erikstrup, Christian; Kogelman, Lisette J. A.; Nielsen, Kaspar R.; Sørensen, Erik; Pedersen, Ole B.; Ullum, Henrik; Bay, Jakob; Boldsen, Jens K.; Brodersen, Thorsten; Burgdorf, Kristoffer; Dinh, Khoa M.; Dowsett, Joseph; Feenstra, Bjarke; Geller, Frank; Hindhede, Lotte; Hjalgrim, Henrik; Jacobsen, Rikke L.; Jemec, Gregor; Kaspersen, Katrine; Kjerulf, Bertram D.; Larsen, Margit A. H.; Louloudis, Ioannis; Lundgaard, Agnete; Mikkelsen, Susan; Mikkelsen, Christina; Nissen, Ioanna; Nyegaard, Mette; Henriksen, Alexander P.; Rohde, Palle D.; Rostgaard, Klaus; Swinn, Michael; Thørner, Lise W.; Bruun, Mie T.; Werge, Thomas; Westergaard, David; Masson, Gisli; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Olesen, Jes; Ludvigsson, Petur; Thorarensen, Olafur; Bjornsdottir, Anna; Sigurdardottir, Gudrun R.; Sveinsson, Olafur A.; Ostrowski, Sisse R.; Holm, Hilma; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Sulem, Patrick; Stefansson, Hreinn; Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E.; Hansen, Thomas F; Stefansson, Kari (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Migraine is a complex neurovascular disease with a range of severity and symptoms, yet mostly studied as one phenotype in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Here we combine large GWAS datasets from six European ...