Common variants at 12q15 and 12q24 are associated with infant head circumference

Nature Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 532-538

  Rob Taal, H ^a   St Pourcain, Beate ^b   Thiering, Elisabeth ^c   Das, Shikta ^d   Mook Kanamori, Dennis O ^a,e   Warrington, Nicole M ^f,g   Kaakinen, Marika ^h   Kreiner Møller, Eskil ⁱ   Bradfield, Jonathan P ^j   Freathy, Rachel M ^b,k   Geller, Frank ^l   Guxens, Mònica ^m,n,o   Cousminer, Diana L ^p   Kerkhof, Marjan ^q   Timpson, Nicholas J ^b   Ikram, M Arfan ^a,r   Beilin, Lawrence J ^s   Bønnelykke, Klaus ⁱ   Buxton, Jessica L ^d   Charoen, Pimphen ^d,t   Chawes, Bo Lund Krogsgaard ⁱ   Eriksson, Johan ^p,u   Evans, David M ^b   Hofman, Albert ^a,r   Kemp, John P ^b   Kim, Cecilia E ^j   Klopp, Norman ^c,v   Lahti, Jari ^p   Lye, Stephen J ^g   Mcmahon, George ^b   Mentch, Frank D ^j   Müller Nurasyid, Martina ^c,w,x   O'reilly, Paul F ^d   Prokopenko, Inga ^y,z   Rivadeneira, Fernando ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Sunyer, Jordi ^m,n,o,aa   Tiesler, Carla ^c,x   Yaghootkar, Hanieh ^k   Fornage, Myriam ^af,ag   Smith, Albert V ^ag,ah,ai   Seshadri, Sudha ^{ac,ad,ae,ak,al}   Schmidt, Reinhold ^ch,ci   Debette, Stéphanie ^ac,ad,ae,af   Vrooman, Henri A ^a,ci   Sigurdsson, Sigurdur ^ah   Ropele, Stefan ^ci   Coker, Laura H ^cj   Longstreth, W T ^ck,cl   Niessen, Wiro J ^a,ai,ci   Destefano, Anita L ^ad,ae,al   Beiser, Alexa ^ad,ae,al   Zijdenbos, Alex P ^cm   Struchalin, Maksim ^a   Jack, Clifford R ^ba   Nalls, Mike A ^cg   Au, Rhoda ^ad,ci   Gudnason, Haukur ^ah   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a   Harris, Tamara B ^aj   Meeks, William M ^ak   Vernooij, Meike W ^a   Van Buchem, Mark A ^ai   Catellier, Diane ^ba   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^ag,ah,ai   Windham, B Gwen ^ak   Wolf, Philip A ^ad,al   Van Duijn, Cornelia M ^a,r   Mosley, Thomas H ^aj,ak   Schmidt, Helena ^cg   Launer, Lenore J ^ai,aj   Breteler, Monique M B ^a,r,ab   Ang, Wei ^f   Van Beijsterveldt, Toos ^bc,be   Bergen, Nienke ^a   Benke, Kelly ^f   Berry, Diane ^bf   Coin, Lachlan ^d   Elliott, Paul ^az   Frayling, Tim ^k   Gaillard, Romy ^a   Groen Blokhuis, Maria ^bc,bf   Hadley, Dexter ^j   Hottenga, Jouke Jan ^be   Huikari, Ville ^h   Hypponen, Elina ^d,bf   Kowgier, Matthew ^f   Lawlor, Debbie A ^b   Lewin, Alex ^d   Lindgren, Cecilia ^bs   Marsh, Julie ^f   Middeldorp, Christel ^be   Millwood, Iona ^d,bu   Nivard, Michel ^be   Palmer, Lyle J ^g,ar   Rodriguez, Alina ^d,bg,bx   Sebert, Sylvain ^d   Sovio, Ulla ^d,au   Standl, Marie ^c   Strachan, David P ^bz   Uitterlinden, Andre G ^a   Valcárcel, Beatriz ^d   White, Scott ^f   Willemsen, Gonneke ^be   Boomsma, Dorret I ^be   Estivill, Xavier ^o,aa,ay   Grant, Struan F A ^j,am   Hattersley, Andrew T ^k   Heinrich, Joachim ^c,bb   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a,b,bb   Jarvelin, Marjo Riitta ^h,u,az,bb   Mccarthy, Mark I ^y,z,ax   Pennell, Craig E ^f   Power, Chris ^bf   Widen, Elisabeth ^o,p,q   Blakemore, Alexandra I F ^d   Chiavacci, Rosetta M ^j   Feenstra, Bjarke ^l   Fernandez Banet, Julio ^al   Hartikainen, Anna Liisa ^h   Van Der Heijden, Albert J ^a   Iñiguez, Carmen ^n,o,an   Lathrop, Mark ^ao,ap   Mcardle, Wendy L ^aq   Mølgaard, Anne ^h   Newnham, John P ^f   Palotie, Aarno ^p,as,at   Pouta, Annneli ^h,u   Ring, Susan M ^aq   Wichmann, H Erich ^c,w,x   Vissing, Nadja Hawwa ⁱ   Decarli, Charles ^av,aw,ax   Koppelman, Gerard H ^q   Melbye, Mads ^l   Bisgaard, Hans ⁱ   Hakonarson, Hakon ^a,j,am,bb   Smith, George Davey ^b,bb   Adair, Linda S ^ba   Atalay, Mustafa ^bd   Davis, Oliver S P ^bg   Flexeder, Claudia ^c   Goh, Liang Kee ^bh,bi   Haworth, Claire M A ^bg   Hedebrand, Johannes ^bi   Hinney, Anke ^bi   Hirschhorn, Joel N ^as,bi,bj,bk   Holloway, John W ^bl,bm   Holst, Claus ^bn   Horikoshi, Momoko ^y,z   Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O ^bb   Kirin, Mirna ^bo   Lakka, Hanna Maaria ^bp   Lange, Leslie A ^bq   Lehtimäki, Terho ^z,br   Lindi, Virpi ^bd   Maggi, Reedik ^bs,bt   Murray, Jeffrey C ^bv   Nohr, Ellen Aagaard ^bn   Ntalla, Ioanna ^bw   Oken, Emily ^as,bi,bj,bk   Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope ^at   Pararajasingham, Jennifer ^bg   Salem, Rany M ^as,bi,bj,bk   Siitonen, Niina ^by   Teo, Yik Ying ^bi   Zeggini, Eleftheria ^at   Cooper, Cyrus ^ca   Gillman, Matthew ^cb   Hocher, Berthold ^cc,cd   Lakka, Timo A ^bd   Mohlke, Karen L ^bq   Dedoussis, George V ^bw   Ong, Ken K ^ce   Pearson, Ewan R ^cf   Price, Thomas S ^bg   Raitakari, Olli T ^bh,by   Saw, Seang Mei ^bh,bi,bn,ce   Scherag, Andre ^bn   Simell, Olli ^bx,ce   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^bb,bn   Wilson, James F ^a,bo,cg   more..

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^j CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^l STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^m CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

ⁿ HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^o CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^q UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^r Netherlands Consortium of Healthy Aging   (Netherlands)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^t MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^u NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^v HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^w UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^x LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^y UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^z UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^aa UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^ab GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^ac BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ad BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^ae INSERM   (France)

^af UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^ag Icelandic Research Institute   (Iceland)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^ai NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ak FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^al WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^am UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^an Center for Public Health Research CSISP   (Spain)

^ao CENTRE NATIONAL DE GÉNOTYPAGE   (France)

^ap FONDATION JEAN DAUSSET CEPH   (France)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^ar ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^as BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^at WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^au LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^av UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ax NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^ay CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^az PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^ba IL   (United States)

^bb UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^bc VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^bd UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^be KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^bf DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^bg NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^bh UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^bi BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^bj HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^bk UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^bl The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^bm Capital Region   (Denmark)

^bn UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^bo UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^bp TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^bq TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^br UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^bs CLINICAL TRIAL SERVICE UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^bt UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^bu HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^bv MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^bw UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^bx ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^by UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^bz HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ca UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^cb CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^cc INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^cd UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^ce TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^cf SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^cg MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^ch WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ci UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^cj DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^ck INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^cl MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^cm LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN GROWTH; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 12Q15; CHROMOSOME 12Q24; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84860324077     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2238     Document Type: Article

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