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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.
CYP17 genetic variation and risk of breast and prostate cancer from the National Cancer Institute Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (BPC3).
Authors: Authors: Setiawan VW, Schumacher FR, Haiman CA, Stram DO, Albanes D, Altshuler D, Berglund G, Buring J, Calle EE, Clavel-Chapelon F, Cox DG, Gaziano JM, Hankinson SE, Hayes RB, Henderson BE, Hirschhorn J, Hoover R, Hunter DJ, Kaaks R, Kolonel LN, Kraft P, Ma J, Le Marchand L, Linseisen J, Lund E, Navarro C, Overvad K, Palli D, Peeters PH, Pike MC, Riboli E, Stampfer MJ, Thun MJ, Travis R, Trichopoulos D, Yeager M, Ziegler RG, Spencer Feigelson H, Chanock SJ.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
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Sequence variants of estrogen receptor beta and risk of prostate cancer in the National Cancer Institute Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium.
Authors: Authors: Chen YC, Kraft P, Bretsky P, Ketkar S, Hunter DJ, Albanes D, Altshuler D, Andriole G, Berg CD, Boeing H, Burtt N, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Cann H, Canzian F, Chanock S, Dunning A, Feigelson HS, Freedman M, Gaziano JM, Giovannucci E, Sánchez MJ, Haiman CA, Hallmans G, Hayes RB, Henderson BE, Hirschhorn J, Kaaks R, Key TJ, Kolonel LN, LeMarchand L, Ma J, Overvad K, Palli D, Pharaoh P, Pike M, Riboli E, Rodriguez C, Setiawan VW, Stampfer M, Stram DO, Thomas G, Thun MJ, Travis RC, Virtamo J, Trichopoulou A, Wacholder S, Weinstein SJ.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
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A common variant of HMGA2 is associated with adult and childhood height in the general population.
Authors: Authors: Weedon MN, Lettre G, Freathy RM, Lindgren CM, Voight BF, Perry JR, Elliott KS, Hackett R, Guiducci C, Shields B, Zeggini E, Lango H, Lyssenko V, Timpson NJ, Burtt NP, Rayner NW, Saxena R, Ardlie K, Tobias JH, Ness AR, Ring SM, Palmer CN, Morris AD, Peltonen L, Salomaa V, Davey Smith G, Groop LC, Hattersley AT, McCarthy MI, Hirschhorn JN, Frayling TM.
Nat Genet
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Common genetic variation in KCNH2 is associated with QT interval duration: the Framingham Heart Study.
Authors: Authors: Newton-Cheh C, Guo CY, Larson MG, Musone SL, Surti A, Camargo AL, Drake JA, Benjamin EJ, Levy D, D'Agostino RB, Hirschhorn JN, O'donnell CJ.
Circulation
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Common genetic variation in eight genes of the GH/IGF1 axis does not contribute to adult height variation.
Authors: Authors: Lettre G, Butler JL, Ardlie KG, Hirschhorn JN.
Hum Genet
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Heritability, linkage, and genetic associations of exercise treadmill test responses.
Authors: Authors: Ingelsson E, Larson MG, Vasan RS, O'Donnell CJ, Yin X, Hirschhorn JN, Newton-Cheh C, Drake JA, Musone SL, Heard-Costa NL, Benjamin EJ, Levy D, Atwood LD, Wang TJ, Kathiresan S.
Circulation
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Replicating genotype-phenotype associations.
Authors: Authors: Chanock SJ, Manolio T, Boehnke M, Boerwinkle E, Hunter DJ, Thomas G, Hirschhorn JN, Abecasis G, Altshuler D, Bailey-Wilson JE, Brooks LD, Cardon LR, Daly M, Donnelly P, Fraumeni JF, Freimer NB, Gerhard DS, Gunter C, Guttmacher AE, Guyer MS, Harris EL, Hoh J, Hoover R, Kong CA, Merikangas KR, Morton CC, Palmer LJ, Phimister EG, Rice JP, Roberts J, Rotimi C, Tucker MA, Vogan KJ, Wacholder S, Wijsman EM, Winn DM, Collins FS.
Nature
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Genome-wide association analysis identifies loci for type 2 diabetes and triglyceride levels.
Authors: Authors: Saxena R, Voight BF, Lyssenko V, Burtt NP, de Bakker PI, Chen H, Roix JJ, Kathiresan S, Hirschhorn JN, Daly MJ, Hughes TE, Groop L, Altshuler D, Almgren P, Florez JC, Meyer J, Ardlie K, Bengtsson Boström K, Isomaa B, Lettre G, Lindblad U, Lyon HN, Melander O, Newton-Cheh C, Nilsson P, Orho-Melander M, Råstam L, Speliotes EK, Taskinen MR, Tuomi T, Guiducci C, Berglund A, Carlson J, Gianniny L, Hackett R, Hall L, Holmkvist J, Laurila E, Sjögren M, Sterner M, Surti A, Svensson M, Svensson M, Tewhey R, Blumenstiel B, Parkin M, Defelice M, Barry R, Brodeur W, Camarata J, Chia N, Fava M, Gibbons J, Handsaker B, Healy C, Nguyen K, Gates C, Sougnez C, Gage D, Nizzari M, Gabriel SB, Chirn GW, Ma Q, Parikh H, Richardson D, Ricke D, Purcell S.
Science
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Association testing of common variants in the insulin receptor substrate-1 gene (IRS1) with type 2 diabetes.
Authors: Authors: Florez JC, Sjögren M, Agapakis CM, Burtt NP, Almgren P, Lindblad U, Berglund G, Tuomi T, Gaudet D, Daly MJ, Ardlie KG, Hirschhorn JN, Altshuler D, Groop L.
Diabetologia
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Vascular stiffness and genetic variation at the endothelial nitric oxide synthase locus: the Framingham Heart study.
Authors: Authors: Mitchell GF, Guo CY, Kathiresan S, Vasan RS, Larson MG, Vita JA, Keyes MJ, Vyas M, Newton-Cheh C, Musone SL, Camargo AL, Drake JA, Levy D, O'Donnell CJ, Hirschhorn JN, Benjamin EJ.
Hypertension
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