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Rune R. Frants is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands, contributing to the academic environment through their research activities. The scientist's profile does not list specific recent papers, co-authors, or specific publication venues connected to their work.

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Best Publications

  • Familial Hemiplegic Migraine and Episodic Ataxia Type-2 Are Caused by Mutations in the Ca2+ Channel Gene CACNL1A4

    Roel A. Ophoff;Gisela M. Terwindt;Monique N. Vergouwe;Ronald Van Eijk

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Analysis of the p16 gene (CDKN2) as a candidate· for the chromosome 9p melanoma susceptibility locus

    A. Kamb;D. Shattuck-Eidens;R. Eeles;R. Eeles;Qingyun Liu

  • Localization of the gene for Cowden disease to chromosome 10q22-23

    M. R. Nelen;G. W. Padberg;E. A J Peeters;A. Y. Lin

  • A Cacna1a Knockin Migraine Mouse Model with Increased Susceptibility to Cortical Spreading Depression

    Arn M.J.M van den Maagdenberg;Daniela Pietrobon;Tommaso Pizzorusso;Simon Kaja

  • A Unifying Genetic Model for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

    Richard J. L. F. Lemmers;Patrick J. van der Vliet;Rinse Klooster;Sabrina Sacconi

  • Chromosome 4q DNA rearrangements associated with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

    Cisca Wijmenga;Jane E. Hewitt;Lodewijk A. Sandkuijl;Lorraine N. Clark

  • Digenic inheritance of an SMCHD1 mutation and an FSHD-permissive D4Z4 allele causes facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 2

    Richard J.L.F. Lemmers;Rabi Tawil;Lisa M. Petek;Judit Balog

  • Novel Loci for Adiponectin Levels and Their Influence on Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Traits: A Multi-Ethnic Meta-Analysis of 45,891 Individuals

    Z Dastani;Hivert M-F.;Hivert M-F.;N Timpson;Perry Jrb.;Perry Jrb.

  • Risk of developing pancreatic cancer in families with familial atypical multiple mole melanoma associated with a specific 19 deletion of p16 (p16-Leiden).

    H.F.A. Vasen;N.A. Gruis;R.R. Frants;P.A. van der Velden

  • Subunits of the translation initiation factor eIF2B are mutant in leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter.

    Peter A.J. Leegwater;Gerre Vermeulen;Andrea A.M. Könst;Sakkubai Naidu

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new susceptibility loci for migraine

    Verneri Anttila;Bendik S. Winsvold;Bendik S. Winsvold;Padhraig Gormley;Tobias Kurth

  • C-terminal truncations in human 3′-5′ DNA exonuclease TREX1 cause autosomal dominant retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukodystrophy

    Anna Richards;Arn M J M Van Den Maagdenberg;Joanna C. Jen;David Kavanagh

  • Genome-wide association study of migraine implicates a common susceptibility variant on 8q22.1

    Anttila;Stefansson H;Kallela M;Todt U

  • Delayed cerebral edema and fatal coma after minor head trauma : role of the CACNA1A calcium channel subunit gene and relationship with familial hemiplegic migraine

    Esther E. Kors;Gisela M. Terwindt;Frans L.M.G. Vermeulen;Robin B. Fitzsimons

  • Hypomethylation of D4Z4 in 4q-linked and non-4q-linked facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

    Petra G M van Overveld;Richard J F L Lemmers;Lodewijk A Sandkuijl;Leo Enthoven

  • Novel mutations in the Na+, K+-ATPase pump gene ATP1A2 associated with familial hemiplegic migraine and benign familial infantile convulsions.

    Kaate R.J. Vanmolkot;Esther E. Kors;Jouke Jan Hottenga;Gisela M. Terwindt

  • Homozygotes for CDKN2 (p16) germline mutation in Dutch familial melanoma kindreds

    Gruis Na;van der Velden Pa;Sandkuijl La;Prins De

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel D. Ferrari
Michel D. Ferrari Leiden University Medical Center
George W. Padberg
George W. Padberg Radboud University
Louis M. Havekes
Louis M. Havekes Leiden University Medical Center
Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg
Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg Leiden University Medical Center
Silvère M. van der Maarel
Silvère M. van der Maarel Leiden University Medical Center
Marten H. Hofker
Marten H. Hofker University Medical Center Groningen
Nelleke A. Gruis
Nelleke A. Gruis Leiden University Medical Center
Cisca Wijmenga
Cisca Wijmenga University Medical Center Groningen
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Roel A. Ophoff
Roel A. Ophoff University of California, Los Angeles

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