Robert E. Ferrell
University of Liège
1 Papers
Robert E. Ferrell is an academic researcher from University of Liège. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Biology. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications.
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Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Identifies Four New Disease-Specific Risk Loci
Gregory T. Jones,Gerard Tromp,Helena Kuivaniemi,Solveig Gretarsdottir,Annette F. Baas,Betti Giusti,Ewa Strauss,Femke N G van 't Hof,Tom R. Webb,Robert Erdman,Marylyn D. Ritchie,James R. Elmore,Anurag Verma,Sarah A. Pendergrass,Iftikhar J. Kullo,Zi Ye,Peggy L. Peissig,Omri Gottesman,Omri Gottesman,Shefali S. Verma,Jennifer Malinowski,Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik,Kenneth M. Borthwick,Diane T. Smelser,David R. Crosslin,Mariza de Andrade,Evan J. Ryer,Catherine A. McCarty,E.P. Bottinger,Jennifer A. Pacheco,Dana C. Crawford,David Carrell,Glenn S. Gerhard,David P. Franklin,David J. Carey,Victoria L Phillips,Michael J.A. Williams,Wenhua Wei,Ross D. Blair,Andrew Hill,Thodor M. Vasudevan,David R. Lewis,Ian Thomson,J Krysa,Geraldine B. Hill,Justin A. Roake,Tony R. Merriman,Grzegorz Oszkinis,Silvia Galora,Claudia Saracini,Rosanna Abbate,Rosanna Abbate,Raffaele Pulli,Carlo Pratesi,Athanasios Saratzis,Ana Raquel Verissimo,Suzannah Bumpstead,Stephen A. Badger,Rachel E. Clough,Gillian Cockerill,Hany Hafez,D. Julian A. Scott,T. Simon Futers,Simon P. R. Romaine,Katherine I Bridge,Kathryn J. Griffin,Marc A. Bailey,Alberto Smith,Matthew M. Thompson,Frank M. van Bockxmeer,Stefan E Matthiasson,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Jan D. Blankensteijn,Joep A.W. Teijink,Joep A.W. Teijink,Cisca Wijmenga,Jacqueline de Graaf,Lambertus A. Kiemeney,Jes S. Lindholt,Anne Hughes,Declan Bradley,Kathleen Stirrups,Jonathan Golledge,Paul Norman,Janet T. Powell,Steve E. Humphries,Stephen E. Hamby,Alison H. Goodall,Christopher P. Nelson,Natzi Sakalihasan,Audrey Courtois,Robert E. Ferrell,Per Eriksson,Lasse Folkersen,Anders Franco-Cereceda,John D. Eicher,Andrew D. Johnson,Christer Betsholtz,Arno Ruusalepp,Arno Ruusalepp,Oscar Franzén,Oscar Franzén,Eric E. Schadt,Johan Björkegren,Leonard Lipovich,Leonard Lipovich,Anne M. Drolet,Eric L. G. Verhoeven,Clark J. Zeebregts,Robert H. Geelkerken,Marc R.H.M. van Sambeek,Steven M.M. van Sterkenburg,Jean-Paul P.M. de Vries,K. Stefansson,John R. Thompson,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Panos Deloukas,Robert D. Sayers,Seamus C. Harrison,Andre M. van Rij,Nilesh J. Samani,Matthew J. Bown +123 more
TL;DR: The 4 new risk loci for AAA seem to be specific for AAA compared with other cardiovascular diseases and related traits suggesting that traditional cardiovascular risk factor management may only have limited value in preventing the progression of aneurysmal disease.