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AS, Ingvarson S, Amundadottir L, Andresdottir M, Adal-

steinsdottir EA, Gislason T, Gislason D, Gurney M, Gulcher J

and Stefansson K. Pharmacogenetics study of

glucocorticoid sensitive and resistant asthma predicts

glucocorticoid responsiveness of asthmatic patients with

high accuracy. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2002. 

Ólafsdóttir BR, Björnsdóttir US, Manolescu A, Kristinsson SG,

Gislason T, Gislason D, Gulcher J, Stefansson K, Hakonar-

son H. Study of SNP Haplotypes in the Cytokine Gene

Cluster on 5q31-35 in asthma and atopy patients in Iceland.

Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2002. 

Bjornsdottir, US2, McCullagh, E1, Bloom G. A1, Bjarkarson, I1,

Arnason, T1, Shkolny, D1, Adalsteinsdottir, EA1, Kristjansson,

K1, Gulcher, J1, E1, Gislason, T2, Gislason, D2, Stefansson, K1.,

and Hakonarson, H1. Evaluation of polymorphisms in the IL-

13 gene in Icelanders with moderate to severe atopic

asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2001;107:277. 

Hakonarson H1, U. S. Bjornsdottir2, A. Manolescu1, T. Gislason2,

D. Gislason2, J. Gulcher1, K. Stefansson3 Associations of

multi-locus genotypes in the cytokine gene cluster on

chromosome 5q31-35 in asthmatic patients in Iceland. ICHG

Vienna in May, 2001. 

Halapi E, Bjornsdottir, US*, Gulcher J, Stefansson K, Hakonar-

son H. Identification of gene expression profiles in PBMC

that characterize non-asthmatics from atopic- and non-

atopic asthmatics. Poster Presentaion at the 11th Inter-

national Congress of Immunology in Stockholm in July,

2001. 

Hakonarson H1, U. S. Bjornsdottir2, E. Halapi1, F. Zink1, H.

Helgadottir1, I. Bjarkarson1, T. Arnason1, F. Thorarinsson1, A.

S. Gudmundsdottir1, S. Ingvarsson1, L. Amundadottir1, M.

Andresdottir1, E. A. Adalsteinsdottir1, D. Gislason2, T. Gisla-

son2, M. Gurney1, J. Gulcher1, K. Stefansson1

Pharmacogenomics study of glucocorticoid sensitive and

resistant asthma predicts glucocorticoid responsiveness

with high accuracy. Poster Presentaion at the American

Human Molecular Genetics Society Meeting, San Diego,

October, 2001; AJHG, 2001. 

Birkisson IF, U. S. Bjornsdottir, E. Halapi, D. L. Shkolny, T. Arna-

son, D. Gislason1, T. Gislason and H. Hakonarson. Evaluation

of genetic variability, expression and action of Th1-type

cytokines in asthma. Poster Presentaion at the American

Human Molecular Genetics Society Meeting, San Diego,

October, 2001; AJHG, 2001. 

Olafsdottir BR, US Bjornsdottir, A Manolescu, SG Kristinsson, T

Gislason, D Gislason, J Gulcher, K Stefansson, and H

Hakonarson. A study of snp haplotypes in the cytokine gene

cluster on 5q31-35 in asthma and atopy patients in Iceland.

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., 2002. 

Hakonarson H, US Bjornsdottir, E Halapi, S Palsson, AE Adal-

steinsdottir, D Gislason, H Helgadottir, G Finnbogason, T

Gislason, K Kristjansson, T Arnason, I Birkisson, ML Frigge,

A Kong, JR Gulcher, K Stefansson. A major susceptibility

gene for asthma maps to chromo-some 14q24. Poster

presentation at ATS/ALA-Annual meeting in Atlanta, May,

2002. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., 2002. 

Hakonarson H, US Bjornsdottir, E Halapi, S Palsson, AE Adal-

steinsdottir, D Gislason, Helgadottir G, Finnbogason, T

Gislason, K Kristjansson, T Arnason, I Birkisson, ML Frigge,

A Kong, JR Gulcher, K Stefansson. Genome-wide search in

asthma and atopy patients identifies multiple loci of

genome-wide significance. Poster presentation at ASHG-

Annual meeting in Baltimore, October 2002. Am. J. Hum.

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Björnsdóttir US. Genetic factors separating different asthma

phenotypes. Læknablaðið 2002;46 (S): 26.

Hakonarson H, Bjornsdóttir US, Stefánsson KS. Linkage of

asthma to chromosome 14q24: ?Asthma gene one?. Lækna-

blaðið 2002;46 (S):28.

Vilmundur Guðnason dósent

Greinar í ritrýndum fræðiritum

Nikulas Sigfússon, Gunnar Sigurðsson, Uggi Agnarsson, Inga

Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir, Ingibjörg Stefánsdóttir, Helgi Sig-

valdason, Vilmundur Guðnason. Declining Coronary Heart

Disease Mortality in Iceland: Contribution by Incidence and

Case Fatality Rate. Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal.

2002;36. 337-341. 

Lilja S. Jónsdóttir, Nikulás Sigfússon, Vilmundur Guðnason,

Helgi Sigvaldason, Guðmundur Þorgeirsson. Do lipids

pressure, duabetes, and smoking confer equal risk of

myocardial infarctuin in women as in men? The Reykjavik

Study. Journal of Cardiovascular Risk 2002, Vol 9:2: Suppl

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Gunnarsdottir I, Birgisdottir BE, Benediktsson R, Gudnason V,

Thorsdottir I. Relationship between size at birth and

hypertension in a genetically homogenous population of

high birth weight. Journal of Hypertension 2002;20:623-8.

Birgisdottir BE, Gunnarsdottir I, Thorsdottir I, Gudnason V,

Benediktsson R. Size at birth and glucose intolerance in a

relatively genetically homogenous, high birth weight

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Gunnarsdottir I, Birgisdottir BE, Thorsdottir I, Gudnason V,

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Solveig Gretarsdottir, Sigurlaug Sveinbjornsdottir, Hjortur H.

Jonsson, Finnbogi Jakobsson, Elisabet Einarsdottir, Uggi

Agnarsson, Dana Skholny, Gisli Einarsson, Herdis M Gud-

jonsdottir, Einar Valdimarsson, Olafur B. Einarsson, Gud-

mundur Thorgeirsson, Radinka Hadzic, Sif Jonsdottir, Sig-

ridur Th Reynisdottir, Sigrun M. Bjarnadottir, Thorunn

Gudmundsdottir, Gudrun Gudlaugsdottir, Ramanjit Gill,

Klaus Lindpaintner, Jesus Sainz, Helgi Hannesson, Gunnar

Th Sigurdsson, Michael L. Frigge, Augustine Kong, Vil-

mundur Gudnason, Kari Stefansson, Jeffrey R Gulcher.

Localization of a Susceptibility Gene for Common Stroke to

Chromosome 5q 12. Am J Hum Genet 2002 Mar;70(3):593-

603.

Andresdottir MB, Sigurdsson G, Sigvaldason H, Gudnason V.

The Reykjavík Cohort Study. Fifteen percent of myocardial

infarctions and coronary revascularizations explained by

family history unrelated to conventional risk factors. The

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Gudmundsson G, Matthiasson SE, Arason H, Johannsson H,

Runarsson F, Bjarnason H, Helgadottir K, Thorisdottir S,

Ingadottir G, Lindpaintner K, Sainz J, Gudnason V, Frigge

ML, Kong A, Gulcher JR, Stefansson K. Localization of a

gene for peripheral arterial occlusive disease to

chromosome 1p31. Am J Hum Genet 2002 Mar;70(3):586-92.

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