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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.
617-919-2129
Hirschhorn Lab Website
Choosing haplotype-tagging SNPS based on unphased genotype data using a preliminary sample of unrelated subjects with an example from the Multiethnic Cohort Study.
Authors: Authors: Stram DO, Haiman CA, Hirschhorn JN, Altshuler D, Kolonel LN, Henderson BE, Pike MC.
Hum Hered
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Pedigree analysis of constitutional delay of growth and maturation: determination of familial aggregation and inheritance patterns.
Authors: Authors: Sedlmeyer IL, Hirschhorn JN, Palmert MR.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
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Detection of regulatory variation in mouse genes.
Authors: Authors: Cowles CR, Hirschhorn JN, Altshuler D, Lander ES.
Nat Genet
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Once and again-issues surrounding replication in genetic association studies.
Authors: Authors: Hirschhorn JN, Altshuler D.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
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5' flanking variants of resistin are associated with obesity.
Authors: Authors: Engert JC, Vohl MC, Williams SM, Lepage P, Loredo-Osti JC, Faith J, Doré C, Renaud Y, Burtt NP, Villeneuve A, Hirschhorn JN, Altshuler D, Groop LC, Després JP, Gaudet D, Hudson TJ.
Diabetes
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A comprehensive review of genetic association studies.
Authors: Authors: Hirschhorn JN, Lohmueller K, Byrne E, Hirschhorn K.
Genet Med
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Genomewide linkage analysis of stature in multiple populations reveals several regions with evidence of linkage to adult height.
Authors: Authors: Hirschhorn JN, Lindgren CM, Daly MJ, Kirby A, Schaffner SF, Burtt NP, Altshuler D, Parker A, Rioux JD, Platko J, Gaudet D, Hudson TJ, Groop LC, Lander ES.
Am J Hum Genet
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SBE-TAGS: an array-based method for efficient single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping.
Authors: Authors: Hirschhorn JN, Sklar P, Lindblad-Toh K, Lim YM, Ruiz-Gutierrez M, Bolk S, Langhorst B, Schaffner S, Winchester E, Lander ES.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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The common PPARgamma Pro12Ala polymorphism is associated with decreased risk of type 2 diabetes.
Authors: Authors: Altshuler D, Hirschhorn JN, Klannemark M, Lindgren CM, Vohl MC, Nemesh J, Lane CR, Schaffner SF, Bolk S, Brewer C, Tuomi T, Gaudet D, Hudson TJ, Daly M, Groop L, Lander ES.
Nat Genet
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Large-scale discovery and genotyping of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the mouse.
Authors: Authors: Lindblad-Toh K, Winchester E, Daly MJ, Wang DG, Hirschhorn JN, Laviolette JP, Ardlie K, Reich DE, Robinson E, Sklar P, Shah N, Thomas D, Fan JB, Gingeras T, Warrington J, Patil N, Hudson TJ, Lander ES.
Nat Genet
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