• 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 ...
    • Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women 

      Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; McGinnis, Ralph; Williams, Nicholas O.; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Shooter, Scott; Fadista, João; Sigurdsson, Jon K.; Auro, Kirsi; Berezina, Galina; Borges, Maria-Carolina; Bumpstead, Suzannah; Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas; Colgiu, Irina; Dolby, Vivien A.; Dudbridge, Frank; Engel, Stephanie M.; Franklin, Christopher S.; Frigge, Michael L; Frisbaek, Yr; Geirsson, Reynir T.; Geller, Frank; Gretarsdottir, Solveig; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Harmon, Quaker; Hougaard, David Michael; Hegay, Tatyana; Helgadottir, Anna; Hjartardóttir, Sigrún; Jääskeläinen, Tiina; Johannsdottir, Hrefna; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Juliusdottir, Thorhildur; Kalsheker, Noor; Kasimov, Abdumadjit; Kemp, John P.; Kivinen, Katja; Klungsøyr, Kari; Lee, Wai K; Melbye, Mads; Miedzybrodska, Zosia; Moffett, Ashley; Najmutdinova, Dilbar; Nishanova, Firuza; Olafsdottir, Thorunn; Perola, Markus; Pipkin, Fiona Broughton; Poston, Lucilla; Prescott, Gordon; Saevarsdottir, Saedis; Salimbayeva, Damilya; Scaife, Paula Juliet; Skotte, Line; Staines-Urias, Eleonora; Stefansson, Olafur A.; Sørensen, Karina Meden; Thomsen, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim; Tragante, Vinicius; Trogstad, Lill; Simpson, Nigel A.B.; Aripova, Tamara; Casas, Juan P; Dominiczak, Anna F; Walker, James J.; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Iversen, Ann-Charlotte; Feenstra, Bjarke; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Boyd, Heather Allison; Magnus, Per; Laivuori, Hannele; Zakhidova, Nodira; Syvatova, Gulnara; Stefansson, Kari; Morgan, Linda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy, affecting both maternal and fetal health. In genome-wide association meta-analysis of European and Central Asian mothers, we identify sequence variants that associate ...