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Þórunn Rafnar | Researchclopedia

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Þórunn Rafnar

233

Works

31,620

Citations

80

h-index

152

i10-index

Research Topics

Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Epigenetics and DNA Methylation BRCA gene mutations in cancer

Affiliations

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research2010–2010

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1991–1991

Ulsan College2016–2016

Reykjavík University2007–2007

Scripps Research Institute2009–2009

Top Works

Large-scale integration of the plasma proteome with genetics and disease

Egil Ferkingstad,Patrick Sulem,et al.

20211,562 citations

RNA modifications and cancer

Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

A variant associated with nicotine dependence, lung cancer and peripheral arterial disease

Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson,Frank Geller,et al.

20081,519 citations

Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity

Guðmar Þorleifsson,G. Bragi Walters,et al.

20081,402 citations

Variants in ELL2 influencing immunoglobulin levels associate with multiple myeloma

Bhairavi Swaminathan,Guðmar Þorleifsson,et al.

20151,208 citations

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

Jūlı́us Guðmundsson,Patrick Sulem,et al.

2007866 citations

Large-scale whole-genome sequencing of the Icelandic population

Daníel F. Guðbjartsson,Hannes Helgason,et al.

2015829 citations

Common variants on chromosomes 2q35 and 16q12 confer susceptibility to estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer

Simon Stacey,Andrei Manolescu,et al.

2007785 citations

Clonal hematopoiesis, with and without candidate driver mutations, is common in the elderly

Florian Zink,Simon Stacey,et al.

2017777 citations

Genetic determinants of hair, eye and skin pigmentation in Europeans

Patrick Sulem,Daníel F. Guðbjartsson,et al.

2007756 citations