Thórarinn Blöndal

A Common Variant on Chromosome 9p21 Affects the Risk of Myocardial Infarction

Anna Helgadóttir, Andrei Manolescu, Sólveig Grétarsdóttir et al. · Science · 2007 · 1.6K citations

Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology, Human Polymorphism +21

Variants conferring risk of atrial fibrillation on chromosome 4q25

Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Davíð O. Arnar, Anna Helgadóttir et al. · Nature · 2007 · 943 citations

Genetic Disorder, Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology +5

Genome-wide association study identifies a second prostate cancer susceptibility variant at 8q24

Patrick Sulem, Andrei Manolescu, Laufey T. Ámundadóttir et al. · Nature Genetics · 2007 · 865 citations

Genome-wide Association Study, Urology, Genetics +5

A common variant associated with prostate cancer in European and African populations

Laufey T. Ámundadóttir, Patrick Sulem, Agnar Helgason et al. · Nature Genetics · 2006 · 787 citations

African Populations, Urology, Cancer Epidemiology +10

Two variants on chromosome 17 confer prostate cancer risk, and the one in TCF2 protects against type 2 diabetes

Patrick Sulem, Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir, Andrei Manolescu et al. · Nature Genetics · 2007 · 722 citations

Tcf2 Protects, Urology, Genetic Determinant +9