Schmidt H

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus
observational 2025
Obesity facts ·doi:10.1159/000540888

INTRODUCTION: Youths with extreme obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥40) are at increased risk for physical and mental health impairments. Nevertheless, this patient group has received little attention in research. This study aimed to analyze …

other 2016
Nature genetics ·doi:10.1038/ng.3698

The genetic architecture of human reproductive behavior-age at first birth (AFB) and number of children ever born (NEB)-has a strong relationship with fitness, human development, infertility and risk of neuropsychiatric disorders. However, …

observational 2013
Nature genetics ·doi:10.1038/ng.2730

Chronic pancreatitis is an inflammatory disorder of the pancreas. We analyzed CPA1, encoding carboxypeptidase A1, in subjects with nonalcoholic chronic pancreatitis (cases) and controls in a German discovery set and three replication sets. …

observational 2008
Nature genetics ·doi:10.1038/ng.2007.44

Chronic pancreatitis is a persistent inflammatory disease of the pancreas, in which the digestive protease trypsin has a fundamental pathogenetic role. Here we have analyzed the gene encoding the trypsin-degrading enzyme chymotrypsin C (CTR…

other 2006
Nature genetics ·doi:10.1038/ng1797

Chronic pancreatitis is a common inflammatory disease of the pancreas. Mutations in the genes encoding cationic trypsinogen (PRSS1) and the pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (SPINK1) are associated with chronic pancreatitis. Because in…

case-report 2004
Anticancer research

BACKGROUND: Malignant transformation in endometriosis is a rare but well known complication. However, detailed mechanisms of malignant transition and tumourigenesis in endometriosis remain unknown. We here describe the case of an endometrio…