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    Genome-wide association study identifies a sequence variant within the DAB2IP gene conferring susceptibility to abdominal aortic aneurysm

    Solveig Gretarsdottir, Kari Stefansson and colleagues report a genome-wide association study for abdominal aortic aneurysm. They identified a variant located within the DAB2IP gene on 9q33 associated with risk of...

    Solveig Gretarsdottir, Annette F Baas, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Hilma Holm in Nature Genetics (2010)

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    Identification of heart rate–associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders

    Ruth Loos and colleagues report a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in 181,171 individuals identifying 14 new loci associated with heart rate and test these for association with cardiac conducti...

    Marcel den Hoed, Mark Eijgelsheim, Tõnu Esko, Bianca J J M Brundel in Nature Genetics (2013)

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    Iron and hepcidin as risk factors in atherosclerosis: what do the genes say?

    Previous reports suggested a role for iron and hepcidin in atherosclerosis. Here, we evaluated the causality of these associations from a genetic perspective via (i) a Mendelian randomization (MR) approach, (i...

    Tessel E. Galesloot, Luc L. Janss, Stephen Burgess in BMC Genetics (2015)