Klopp, Norman

Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München‑German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Title	Year	PMID
Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height.	2014	25282103
New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism.	2013	23202124
Genome-wide association study for circulating levels of PAI-1 provides novel insights into its regulation.	2012	22990020
Meta-analysis of Dense Genecentric Association Studies Reveals Common and Uncommon Variants Associated with Height.	2011	21194676

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Asselbergs, Folkert W	3

Boehm, Bernhard O	3

Clarke, Robert	3

Danesh, John	3

Goel, Anuj	3

Hamsten, Anders	3

Hirschhorn, Joel N	3

Hofman, Albert	3

Kleber, Marcus E	3

März, Winfried	3

Saleheen, Danish	3

Amouyel, Philippe	2

Baumert, Jens	2

Bennett, Amanda J	2

Boerwinkle, Eric	2

Boomsma, Dorret I	2

Bradfield, Jonathan P	2

Chambers, John C	2

Collins, Rory	2

de Bakker, Paul I W	2

Eriksson, Johan G	2

Farrall, Martin	2

Feenstra, Bjarke	2

Folkersen, Lasse	2

Fox, Caroline S	2

Frayling, Timothy M	2

Froguel, Philippe	2

Geller, Frank	2

Gieger, Christian	2

Grant, Struan F A	2

Groves, Christopher J	2

Hakonarson, Hakon	2

Hall, Alistair S	2

Harris, Tamara B	2

Hattersley, Andrew T	2

Hillege, Hans L	2

Hingorani, Aroon D	2

Humphries, Steve E	2

Illig, Thomas	2

Isaacs, Aaron	2

Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta	2

Kivimaki, Mika	2

Koenig, Wolfgang	2

Kooner, Jaspal S	2

Kooperberg, Charles	2

Kutalik, Zoltán	2

Lakka, Timo A	2

Lawlor, Debbie A	2

Lehtimäki, Terho	2

Lettre, Guillaume	2

Liu, Yongmei	2

Loos, Ruth J F	2

Mahajan, Anubha	2

McCarthy, Mark I	2

McKnight, Barbara	2

Melbye, Mads	2

Mohlke, Karen L	2

Monda, Keri L	2

Müller-Nurasyid, Martina	2

Munroe, Patricia B	2

North, Kari E	2

O'Connell, Jeffrey R	2

Ong, Ken K	2

Oostra, Ben A	2

Peden, John F	2

Peters, Annette	2

Power, Chris	2

Prokopenko, Inga	2

Raitakari, Olli T	2

Reilly, Muredach P	2

Rivadeneira, Fernando	2

Robertson, Neil R	2

Samani, Nilesh J	2

Sebert, Sylvain	2

Sever, Peter	2

Shuldiner, Alan R	2

Smith, George Davey	2

Soranzo, Nicole	2

Strawbridge, Rona J	2

Stumvoll, Michael	2

Syvänen, Ann-Christine	2

Timpson, Nicholas J	2

Tönjes, Anke	2

Uitterlinden, André G	2

van der Harst, Pim	2

van Duijn, Cornelia M	2

Wareham, Nicholas J	2

Watkins, Hugh	2

Wilson, James F	2

Zhang, Haitao	2

Zhao, Jing Hua	2

Abecasis, Goncalo R	1

Absher, Devin	1

Adair, Linda S	1

Afzal, Uzma	1

Albrecht, Eva	1

Alkuraya, Fowzan S	1

Al-Odaib, Ali	1

Amin, Najaf	1

Anand, Sonia S	1

Anderson, Denise	1

Andersson, Ehm Astrid	1

Arnlöv, Johan	1

Arscott, Gillian M	1

Arveiler, Dominique	1

Assimes, Themistocles L	1

Atwood, Larry D	1

Bailey, Kristian M	1

Bailey, Swneke D	1

Bakker, Stephan J L	1

Balmforth, Anthony J	1

Bandinelli, Stefania	1

Barnard, John	1

Baron, Jeffrey	1

Barrett, Amy	1

Barroso, Inês	1

Barton, Sheila J	1

Basu, Saonli	1

Bauer, Florianne	1

Becker, Diane M	1

Becker, Lewis C	1

Beckmann, Jacques S	1

Beekman, Marian	1

Behr, Elijah R	1

Beilby, John	1

Bellis, Claire	1

Berenson, Gerald S	1

Bergmann, Sven	1

Bergman, Richard N	1

Berndt, Sonja I	1

Berne, Christian	1

Berry, Diane J	1

Bhangale, Tushar	1

Bhatt, Deepak	1

Biffar, Reiner	1

Bisgaard, Hans	1

Bis, Joshua C	1

Blakemore, Alexandra I F	1

Blangero, John	1

Blüher, Matthias	1

Bochud, Murielle	1

Boehnke, Michael	1

Boer, Anthonius de	1

Boer, Jolanda M A	1

Bolton, Jennifer L	1

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Borecki, Ingrid B	1

Boreham, Colin A G	1

Bornstein, Stefan R	1

Böttcher, Yvonne	1

Bottinger, Erwin P	1

Bouchard, Claude	1

Bovet, Pascal	1

Boyd, Heather A	1

Brambilla, Paolo	1

Braund, Peter S	1

Brown, Morris	1

Brown, Morris J	1

Bruinenberg, Marcel	1

Buchkovich, Martin L	1

Buckley, Brendan M	1

Burton, Paul R	1

Bustamante, Mariona	1

Buxton, Jessica L	1

Buyske, Steven	1

C4D Consortium	1

Cambien, Francois	1

Campbell, Harry	1

Cappola, Thomas P	1

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CARDIoGRAM Consortium	1

Carter, Angela M	1

Carty, Cara	1

Casas, Juan P	1

Caspersen, Ida H	1

Cauchi, Stéphane	1

Caulfield, Mark	1

Caulfield, Mark J	1

Chakravarti, Aravinda	1

Chandrupatla, Hareesh R	1

Chanock, Stephen J	1

Charoen, Pimphen	1

Chasman, Daniel I	1

Chen, Ming-Huei	1

Chen, Wei	1

Chines, Peter S	1

Christiani, David C	1

Christie, Jason D	1

Chu, Audrey Y	1

Claudi-Boehm, Simone	1

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Connell, John	1

Cooper, Cyrus	1

Cooper, Matthew	1

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Cruickshanks, Karen J	1

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Doney, Alex S F	1

Dorn, Gerald W	1

Dörr, Marcus	1

Drenos, Fotios	1

Duan, Yanan	1

Duggan, David	1

Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium	1

Ehret, Georg B	1

Eklund, Niina	1

Elbers, Clara C	1

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Engert, James C	1

Erbel, Raimund	1

Erdmann, Jeanette	1

Eriksson, Per	1

Esko, Tonu	1

Estivill, Xavier	1

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Eury, Elodie	1

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Ferrucci, Luigi	1

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Fitzgerald, Garret A	1

Flexeder, Claudia	1

Folsom, Aaron R	1

Ford, Ian	1

Forouhi, Nita G	1

Forrester, Terrence	1

Frackelton, Edward C	1

Franco-Cereceda, Anders	1

Franke, Lude	1

Franks, Paul W	1

Franzosi, Maria Grazia	1

Fraser, Ross M	1

Freathy, Rachel M	1

Fuchs, Barry	1

Fulford, Anthony J	1

Furlong, Clement E	1

Gansevoort, Ron T	1

Garcia, Melissa E	1

Gaunt, Tom R	1

Gejman, Pablo V	1

Gibson, Quince	1

Giedraitis, Vilmantas	1

Gillman, Matthew W	1

Glessner, Joseph T	1

Go, Alan S	1

Goddard, Michael E	1

Godfrey, Keith M	1

Goh, Liang-Kee	1

Golay, Alain	1

Gong, Jian	1

Gong, Yan	1

Goodall, Alison H	1

Gottesman, Omri	1

Gottrand, Frédéric	1

Grallert, Harald	1

Grammer, Tanja B	1

Grant, Peter J	1

Gräßler, Jürgen	1

Grobbee, Diederik E	1

Grönberg, Henrik	1

Groop, Leif C	1

Gudnason, Vilmundur	1

Guo, Yiran	1

Gustafsson, Stefan	1

Guxens, Mònica	1

Gyllensten, Ulf	1

Haas, David W	1

Haessler, Jeffrey	1

Haiman, Christopher A	1

Haller, Toomas	1

Hallmans, Goran	1

Hall, Per	1

Hannemann, Anke	1

Hansen, Torben	1

Harder, Marie N	1

Hartman, Catharina A	1

Hassinen, Maija	1

Hastie, Claire	1

Hayes, M Geoffrey	1

Hayward, Caroline	1

Heard-Costa, Nancy L	1

Heath, Andrew C	1

Hegele, Robert A	1

Heid, Iris M	1

Heikkinen, Jani	1

Heinrich, Joachim	1

Helmer, Quinta	1

Hemani, Gibran	1

Henders, Anjali K	1

Hengstenberg, Christian	1

Hennig, Branwen J	1

Hicks, Andrew A	1

Hindorff, Lucia A	1

Hlatky, Mark A	1

Hocher, Berthold	1

Hoffmann, Per	1

Hoffmann, Wolfgang	1

Hofker, Marten H	1

Hollegaard, Mads V	1

Holloway, John W	1

Holmen, Oddgeir	1

Hopewell, Jemma C	1

Horikoshi, Momoko	1

Hottenga, Jouke-Jan	1

Hougaard, David M	1

Houwing-Duistermaat, Jeanine J	1

Hovingh, G Kees	1

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Hunt, Steven C	1

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Hypponen, Elina	1

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Ikram, Mohammad A	1

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Jameson, Karen A	1

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Jarvik, Gail P	1

Jeff, Janina	1

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Johansson, Åsa	1

Johnson, Andrew D	1

Johnson, Julie A	1

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Jolley, Jennifer	1

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Jousilahti, Pekka	1

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Juliusdottir, Thorhildur	1

Junttila, Juhani	1

Justice, Anne E	1

Kaakinen, Marika	1

Kanaka-Gantenbein, Christina	1

Kanoni, Stavroula	1

Kaplan, Robert C	1

Kaprio, Jaakko	1

Karakas, Mahir	1

Karjalainen, Juha	1

Kastelein, John J P	1

Kathiresan, Sekar	1

Kayser, Manfred	1

Keating, Brendan J	1

Kee, Frank	1

Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M	1

Kemp, John P	1

Kerkhof, Marjan	1

Kho, Abel N	1

Kiemeney, Lambertus A	1

Kiess, Wieland	1

Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O	1

Kim, Cecilia E	1

Kinnunen, Leena	1

Kirin, Mirna	1

Klein, Barbara E K	1

Klein, Ronald	1

Klungel, Olaf H	1

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Koppelman, Gerard H	1

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LifeLines Cohort Study	1

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Klopp, Norman

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