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Joel Naom Hirschhorn, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital
Concordia Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School.
Genetic determinants of pubertal timing in the general population.
Authors: Authors: Gajdos ZK, Henderson KD, Hirschhorn JN, Palmert MR.
Mol Cell Endocrinol
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Fine mapping of the association with obesity at the FTO locus in African-derived populations.
Authors: Authors: Hassanein MT, Lyon HN, Nguyen TT, Akylbekova EL, Waters K, Lettre G, Tayo B, Forrester T, Sarpong DF, Stram DO, Butler JL, Wilks R, Liu J, Le Marchand L, Kolonel LN, Zhu X, Henderson B, Cooper R, McKenzie C, Taylor HA, Haiman CA, Hirschhorn JN.
Hum Mol Genet
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Genome-wide association of anthropometric traits in African- and African-derived populations.
Authors: Authors: Kang SJ, Chiang CW, Palmer CD, Tayo BO, Lettre G, Butler JL, Hackett R, Adeyemo AA, Guiducci C, Berzins I, Nguyen TT, Feng T, Luke A, Shriner D, Ardlie K, Rotimi C, Wilks R, Forrester T, McKenzie CA, Lyon HN, Cooper RS, Zhu X, Hirschhorn JN.
Hum Mol Genet
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Lin28a transgenic mice manifest size and puberty phenotypes identified in human genetic association studies.
Authors: Authors: Zhu H, Shah S, Shyh-Chang N, Shinoda G, Einhorn WS, Viswanathan SR, Takeuchi A, Grasemann C, Rinn JL, Lopez MF, Hirschhorn JN, Palmert MR, Daley GQ.
Nat Genet
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Candidate gene association resource (CARe): design, methods, and proof of concept.
Authors: Authors: Musunuru K, Lettre G, Young T, Farlow DN, Pirruccello JP, Ejebe KG, Keating BJ, Yang Q, Chen MH, Lapchyk N, Crenshaw A, Ziaugra L, Rachupka A, Benjamin EJ, Cupples LA, Fornage M, Fox ER, Heckbert SR, Hirschhorn JN, Newton-Cheh C, Nizzari MM, Paltoo DN, Papanicolaou GJ, Patel SR, Psaty BM, Rader DJ, Redline S, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Taylor HA, Tracy RP, Vasan RS, Wilson JG, Kathiresan S, Fabsitz RR, Boerwinkle E, Gabriel SB.
Circ Cardiovasc Genet
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Fatty liver is associated with dyslipidemia and dysglycemia independent of visceral fat: the Framingham Heart Study.
Authors: Authors: Speliotes EK, Massaro JM, Hoffmann U, Vasan RS, Meigs JB, Sahani DV, Hirschhorn JN, O'Donnell CJ, Fox CS.
Hepatology
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Distinct variants at LIN28B influence growth in height from birth to adulthood.
Authors: Authors: Widén E, Ripatti S, Cousminer DL, Surakka I, Lappalainen T, Järvelin MR, Eriksson JG, Raitakari O, Salomaa V, Sovio U, Hartikainen AL, Pouta A, McCarthy MI, Osmond C, Kajantie E, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Tyler-Smith C, Freimer N, Hirschhorn JN, Peltonen L, Palotie A.
Am J Hum Genet
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Variants in ADCY5 and near CCNL1 are associated with fetal growth and birth weight.
Authors: Authors: Freathy RM, Mook-Kanamori DO, Sovio U, Prokopenko I, Timpson NJ, Berry DJ, Warrington NM, Widen E, Hottenga JJ, Kaakinen M, Lange LA, Bradfield JP, Kerkhof M, Marsh JA, Mägi R, Chen CM, Lyon HN, Kirin M, Adair LS, Aulchenko YS, Bennett AJ, Borja JB, Bouatia-Naji N, Charoen P, Coin LJ, Cousminer DL, de Geus EJ, Deloukas P, Elliott P, Evans DM, Froguel P, Glaser B, Groves CJ, Hartikainen AL, Hassanali N, Hirschhorn JN, Hofman A, Holly JM, Hyppönen E, Kanoni S, Knight BA, Laitinen J, Lindgren CM, McArdle WL, O'Reilly PF, Pennell CE, Postma DS, Pouta A, Ramasamy A, Rayner NW, Ring SM, Rivadeneira F, Shields BM, Strachan DP, Surakka I, Taanila A, Tiesler C, Uitterlinden AG, van Duijn CM, Wijga AH, Willemsen G, Zhang H, Zhao J, Wilson JF, Steegers EA, Hattersley AT, Eriksson JG, Peltonen L, Mohlke KL, Grant SF, Hakonarson H, Koppelman GH, Dedoussis GV, Heinrich J, Gillman MW, Palmer LJ, Frayling TM, Boomsma DI, Davey Smith G, Power C, Jaddoe VW, Jarvelin MR, McCarthy MI.
Nat Genet
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Rapid assessment of genetic ancestry in populations of unknown origin by genome-wide genotyping of pooled samples.
Authors: Authors: Chiang CW, Gajdos ZK, Korn JM, Kuruvilla FG, Butler JL, Hackett R, Guiducci C, Nguyen TT, Wilks R, Forrester T, Haiman CA, Henderson KD, Le Marchand L, Henderson BE, Palmert MR, McKenzie CA, Lyon HN, Cooper RS, Zhu X, Hirschhorn JN.
PLoS Genet
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Inborn variation in metabolism.
Authors: Authors: Mootha VK, Hirschhorn JN.
Nat Genet
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