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Scientific articles with relation to genetic research on the Faroe Islands

Als, Thomas Damm; Lescai, Francesco; Dahl, Hans Atli; Grove, Jakob; Demontis, Ditte; Wang, August G.; Andorsdottir, Gudrid; Biskopstø, Marjun; Johansen, Oddbjørg; Nyegaard, Mette; Bolund, Lars; Mors, Ole; Wang, Jun; Børglum, Anders.
Population Structure & Cryptic Relatedness of the isolated Population of the Faroe Islands. 2014. Poster session presented at XXII World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, København, Danmark.

Binzer S, Imrell K, Binzer M, Kyvik KO, Hillert J, Stenager E.
High inbreeding in the Faroe Islands does not appear to constitute a risk factor for multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2014 Nov 12. pii: 1352458514557305. [Epub ahead of print]

Gregersen, N., Buttenschøn, H.N., Hedemand, A., Dahl, H.A., Kristensen, A.S., Clementsen B., Woldbye D.P., Koefoed P., Erhardt A., Kruse, T.A., Wang A.G., Børglum, A.D., Mors O.
Are TMEM genes potential candidate genes for panic disorder? Psychiatric Genetics: February 2014 – Volume 24 – Issue 1 – p 37–41. doi: 10.1097/YPG.0000000000000022

Joensen, P.
Myasthenia gravis incidence in a general North Atlantic isolated population.
Acta Neurol Scand. 2014 Oct;130(4):222-8. doi: 10.1111/ane.12270. Epub 2014 Jul 1.

Joensen, P.
The Faroe Islands. Pract Neurol. 2015 Feb 3. pii: practneurol-2015-001085. doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2015-001085. [Epub ahead of print]

Maria Skaalum Petersen, Ilaria Guella, Sara Bech, Emil Gustavsson, Matthew J. Farrer.
Parkinson’s disease, genetic variability and the Faroe Islands. Parkinsonism & Related Disorder, Volume 21, Issue 1, January 2015, Pages 75–78. doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.10.027

Jan Rasmussen, Allan M. Lund, Lotte Risom, Flemming Wibrand, Hannes Gislason, Olav W. Nielsen, Lars Køber, Morten Duno
Residual OCTN2 transporter activity, carnitine levels and symptoms correlate in patients with primary carnitine deficiency. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, Volume 1, 2014, Pages 241–248

Rasmussen J, Nielsen OW, Janzen N, Duno M, Gislason H, Køber L, Steuerwald U, Lund AM.
Carnitine levels in 26,462 individuals from the nationwide screening program for primary carnitine deficiency in the Faroe Islands. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2014 Mar;37(2):215-22. doi: 10.1007/s10545-013-9606-2. Epub 2013 May 8.

Rasmussen J, Thomsen JA, Olesen JH, Lund TM, Mohr M, Clementsen J, Nielsen OW, Lund AM. Carnitine Levels in Skeletal Muscle, Blood, and Urine in Patients with Primary Carnitine Deficiency During Intermission of l-Carnitine Supplementation. JIMD Rep. 2015;20:103-11. doi: 10.1007/8904_2014_398. Epub 2015 Feb 10.

Thomsen J.A., Lund A.M., Olesen J.H., Mohr M, Rasmussen J.
Is L-Carnitine Supplementation Beneficial in 3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA Carboxylase Deficiency?
JIMD Rep. 2015 Mar 3. [Epub ahead of print]