Kristrun R Benediktsdottir

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1 Genome-wide association study identifies a second prostate cancer susceptibility variant at 8q24. Nat Genet 2007 19.18
2 A common variant associated with prostate cancer in European and African populations. Nat Genet 2006 13.47
3 Two variants on chromosome 17 confer prostate cancer risk, and the one in TCF2 protects against type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2007 12.65
4 Genetic determinants of hair, eye and skin pigmentation in Europeans. Nat Genet 2007 8.79
5 Parental origin of sequence variants associated with complex diseases. Nature 2009 7.21
6 Sequence variants at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus associate with many cancer types. Nat Genet 2009 6.91
7 Common sequence variants on 2p15 and Xp11.22 confer susceptibility to prostate cancer. Nat Genet 2008 6.10
8 Genome-wide association and replication studies identify four variants associated with prostate cancer susceptibility. Nat Genet 2009 5.06
9 New common variants affecting susceptibility to basal cell carcinoma. Nat Genet 2009 4.15
10 ASIP and TYR pigmentation variants associate with cutaneous melanoma and basal cell carcinoma. Nat Genet 2008 3.90
11 Two newly identified genetic determinants of pigmentation in Europeans. Nat Genet 2008 3.31
12 Mutations in BRIP1 confer high risk of ovarian cancer. Nat Genet 2011 3.06
13 Genetic correction of PSA values using sequence variants associated with PSA levels. Sci Transl Med 2010 2.83
14 A germline variant in the TP53 polyadenylation signal confers cancer susceptibility. Nat Genet 2011 2.43
15 A study based on whole-genome sequencing yields a rare variant at 8q24 associated with prostate cancer. Nat Genet 2012 2.29
16 Common variants on 1p36 and 1q42 are associated with cutaneous basal cell carcinoma but not with melanoma or pigmentation traits. Nat Genet 2008 1.84
17 Association of folate-pathway gene polymorphisms with the risk of prostate cancer: a population-based nested case-control study, systematic review, and meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009 1.18
18 A variant in FTO shows association with melanoma risk not due to BMI. Nat Genet 2013 1.17
19 BRCA2, but not BRCA1, mutations account for familial ovarian cancer in Iceland: a population-based study. Eur J Cancer 2004 0.97
20 HPV genotypes in CIN 2-3 lesions and cervical cancer: a population-based study. Int J Cancer 2007 0.96
21 Germline sequence variants in TGM3 and RGS22 confer risk of basal cell carcinoma. Hum Mol Genet 2014 0.90
22 Quantitative DNA perturbations of p53 in endometriosis: analysis of American and Icelandic cases. Fertil Steril 2005 0.75
23 Endobronchial actinomycosis secondary to a tooth aspiration. Scand J Infect Dis 2004 0.75
24 HPV subtypes and immunological parameters of cervical cancer in Iceland during two time periods, 1958-1960 and 1995-1996. Gynecol Oncol 2003 0.75