A. Prader

10.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
191 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

A. Prader is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Prader has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Molecular Biology, 71 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 39 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in A. Prader's work include Sexual Differentiation and Disorders (59 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (30 papers) and Hormonal and reproductive studies (22 papers). A. Prader is often cited by papers focused on Sexual Differentiation and Disorders (59 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (30 papers) and Hormonal and reproductive studies (22 papers). A. Prader collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. A. Prader's co-authors include M. Zachmann, R. H. Largo, Luciano Molinari, R Illig, J. M. Tanner, G.-A. von Harnack, G. Mürset, Théo Gasser, Toni Torresani and Davide Tassinari and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

A. Prader

184 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Physical growth of Swiss children from birth to 20 years of age. First Zurich longitudinal study of growth and development.

1989 568 citations A. Prader, R. H. Largo et al. profile →
Ein Syndrom von Adipositas, Kleinwuchs, Kryptorchismus und Oligophrenie nach myatonieartigem Zustand im Neugeborenenalter.

1956 466 citations A. Prader Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift profile →
Catch-up growth following illness or starvation

1963 377 citations A. Prader, J. M. Tanner et al. The Journal of Pediatrics profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
A. Prader	2.9k	2.8k	2.4k	1.5k	864	191	7.6k
G Chiumello	2.2k 0.8×	3.0k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	956 0.6×	505 0.6×	211	7.9k
Michael A. Preece	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.4×	321 0.4×	108	6.3k
Ze’ev Hochberg	2.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	3.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	333 0.4×	242	7.4k
Raymond L. Hintz	4.8k 1.7×	3.5k 1.3×	9.4k 3.9×	2.1k 1.4×	988 1.1×	282	15.0k
Louis E. Underwood	3.9k 1.3×	2.6k 0.9×	8.9k 3.7×	2.0k 1.3×	496 0.6×	176	13.6k
Peter C. Hindmarsh	1.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	2.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	383 0.4×	172	5.4k
Jan M. Wit	4.0k 1.4×	3.6k 1.3×	5.3k 2.2×	4.1k 2.7×	643 0.7×	316	12.8k
Michael B. Ranke	5.4k 1.9×	5.0k 1.8×	7.6k 3.1×	3.0k 2.0×	689 0.8×	342	14.6k
Barry M. Sherman	1.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	2.4k 1.0×	652 0.4×	1.3k 1.5×	108	6.8k
Kerstin Albertsson‐Wikland	2.8k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	5.8k 2.4×	5.5k 3.6×	684 0.8×	282	12.6k

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Eiholzer, Urs, Claudia Weinmann, Susi Kriemler, et al.. (1998). Treatment with human growth hormone in patients with Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome reduces body fat and increases muscle mass and physical performance. European Journal of Pediatrics. 157(5). 368–377. 72 indexed citations

Eiholzer, Urs, et al.. (1998). Low insulin, IGF-I and IGFBP-3 levels in children with Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome. European Journal of Pediatrics. 157(11). 890–893. 78 indexed citations

Gasser, Thomas, P. Ziegler, Burkhardt Seifert, et al.. (1995). Prediction of adult skinfolds and body mass from infancy through adolescence. Annals of Human Biology. 22(3). 217–233. 31 indexed citations

Gasser, Thomas, P. Ziegler, Burkhardt Seifert, et al.. (1994). Measures of body mass and of obesity from infancy to adulthood and their appropriate transformation. Annals of Human Biology. 21(2). 111–125. 36 indexed citations

Gasser, Thomas, Aloïs Kneip, P. Ziegler, et al.. (1994). Development and outcome of indices of obesity in normal children. Annals of Human Biology. 21(3). 275–286. 20 indexed citations

Gasser, Thomas, P. Ziegler, R. H. Largo, Luciano Molinari, & A. Prader. (1994). A longitudinal study of lean and fat areas at the arm. Annals of Human Biology. 21(4). 303–314. 17 indexed citations

Zachmann, M., Elisabeth Fuchs, & A. Prader. (1992). Progressive high frequency hearing loss: An additional feature in the syndrome of congenital adrenal hypoplasia and gonadotrophin deficiency. European Journal of Pediatrics. 151(3). 167–169. 9 indexed citations

Gasser, Théo, et al.. (1991). The dynamics of linear growth in distance, velocity and acceleration. Annals of Human Biology. 18(3). 187–205. 72 indexed citations

Schaefer, Franz, et al.. (1990). Pubertal Growth in Chronic Renal Failure. Pediatric Research. 28(1). 5–6. 81 indexed citations

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Illig, R, Mariarosaria Lang‐Muritano, A. Prader, et al.. (1990). A physiological mode of puberty induction in hypogonadal girls by low dose transdermal 17β-oestradiol. European Journal of Pediatrics. 150(2). 86–91. 32 indexed citations

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Fanconi, Sergio, Jan A. Fischer, P. Wieland, et al.. (1988). Craniometaphyseal dysplasia with increased bone turnover and secondary hyperparathyroidism: Therapeutic effect of calcitonin. The Journal of Pediatrics. 112(4). 587–591. 26 indexed citations

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Zachmann, M., et al.. (1987). Transient Ovarian Testosterone and Androstenedione Hypersecretion: A Cause of Virilization or Premature Pubarche in Prepubertal Girls. Hormone Research. 28(1). 37–41. 2 indexed citations

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Zachmann, M., A. Prader, Edna H. Sobel, et al.. (1986). Pubertal growth in patients with androgen insensitivity: Indirect evidence for the importance of estrogens in pubertal growth of girls. The Journal of Pediatrics. 108(5). 694–697. 104 indexed citations

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Levine, L., et al.. (1979). Possible genetic linkage disequilibrium between HLA and the 21-hydroxylase deficiency gene (congenital adrenal hyperplasia).. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 11(2). 1315–6. 18 indexed citations

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Prader, A.. (1978). Catch-up growth.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 54 Suppl 1. 133–46. 43 indexed citations

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Illig, R, et al.. (1977). TREATMENT OF CRYPTORCHIDISM BY INTRANASAL SYNTHETIC LUTEINISING-HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE. The Lancet. 310(8037). 518–520. 46 indexed citations

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Werder, E A, R Illig, Sergio Bernasconi, et al.. (1975). Excessive Thyrotropin Response to Thyrotropin-releasing Hormone in Pseudohypoparathyroidism. Pediatric Research. 9(1). 12–16. 5 indexed citations

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Prader, A., J. M. Tanner, & G.-A. von Harnack. (1963). Catch-up growth following illness or starvation. The Journal of Pediatrics. 62(5). 646–659. 377 indexed citations breakdown →

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Auricchio, Salvatore, et al.. (1963). ISOLATED INTESTINAL LACTASE DEFICIENCY IN THE ADULT. The Lancet. 282(7303). 324–326. 154 indexed citations

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Prader, A.. (1956). Ein Syndrom von Adipositas, Kleinwuchs, Kryptorchismus und Oligophrenie nach myatonieartigem Zustand im Neugeborenenalter.. Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift. 86. 1260–1261. 466 indexed citations breakdown →

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