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Gyda Bjornsdottir

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Einarsson G, Thorleifsson G, Steinthorsdottir V, Zink F, Helgason H, Olafsdottir T, et al.
Nat Commun . 2024 Nov; 15(1):9335. PMID: 39532837
Mendelian Randomization studies indicate that BMI contributes to various diseases, but it's unclear if this is entirely mediated by BMI itself. This study examines whether disease risk from BMI-associated sequence...
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Worm J, Jorgensen I, Davidsson O, Hjalgrim H, Roder T, Ostrowski S, et al.
Pain . 2024 Oct; PMID: 39365662
There is a limited understanding of risk factors and comorbidities in trigeminal neuralgia, a disease characterized by paroxysms of severe unilateral facial pain and a higher incidence in women. We...
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Skuladottir A, Tragante V, Sveinbjornsson G, Helgason H, Sturluson A, Bjornsdottir A, et al.
NPJ Parkinsons Dis . 2024 Aug; 10(1):140. PMID: 39147844
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder and its rising global incidence highlights the need for the identification of modifiable risk factors. In a gene-based burden test of rare...
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Stefansson H, Walters G, Sveinbjornsson G, Tragante V, Einarsson G, Helgason H, et al.
N Engl J Med . 2024 Jun; 390(23):2217-2219. PMID: 38899702
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Skuladottir A, Stefansdottir L, Halldorsson G, Stefansson O, Bjornsdottir A, Jonsson P, et al.
Commun Biol . 2024 Apr; 7(1):504. PMID: 38671141
Essential tremor (ET) is a prevalent neurological disorder with a largely unknown underlying biology. In this genome-wide association study meta-analysis, comprising 16,480 ET cases and 1,936,173 controls from seven datasets,...
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Stacey S, Zink F, Halldorsson G, Stefansdottir L, Gudjonsson S, Einarsson G, et al.
Nat Genet . 2023 Nov; 55(12):2149-2159. PMID: 37932435
Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) arises when a substantial proportion of mature blood cells is derived from a single hematopoietic stem cell lineage. Using whole-genome sequencing of 45,510 Icelandic and 130,709 UK...
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Bjornsdottir G, Chalmer M, Stefansdottir L, Skuladottir A, Einarsson G, Andresdottir M, et al.
Nat Genet . 2023 Oct; 55(11):1843-1853. PMID: 37884687
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...
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Winsvold B, Harder A, Ran C, Chalmer M, Dalmasso M, Ferkingstad E, et al.
Ann Neurol . 2023 Jul; 94(4):713-726. PMID: 37486023
Objective: The objective of this study was to aggregate data for the first genomewide association study meta-analysis of cluster headache, to identify genetic risk variants, and gain biological insights. Methods:...
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Kristjansson R, Oskarsson G, Skuladottir A, Oddsson A, Rognvaldsson S, Sveinbjornsson G, et al.
Commun Biol . 2023 Jul; 6(1):703. PMID: 37430141
Urticaria is a skin disorder characterized by outbreaks of raised pruritic wheals. In order to identify sequence variants associated with urticaria, we performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for...
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Holm H, Ivarsdottir E, Olafsdottir T, Thorolfsdottir R, Eythorsson E, Norland K, et al.
Commun Med (Lond) . 2023 Jul; 3(1):94. PMID: 37414856
Background: Persistent symptoms are common after SARS-CoV-2 infection but correlation with objective measures is unclear. Methods: We invited all 3098 adults who tested SARS-CoV-2 positive in Iceland before October 2020...