Birgit Zirn

3.1k total citations
33 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Birgit Zirn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Zirn has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Birgit Zirn's work include Renal and related cancers (8 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (6 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (5 papers). Birgit Zirn is often cited by papers focused on Renal and related cancers (8 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (6 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (5 papers). Birgit Zirn collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Australia. Birgit Zirn's co-authors include Manfred Gessler, Norbert Graf, Stefanie Wittmann, Knut Brockmann, Jutta Gärtner, Birgit Samans, Martin Eilers, Roland Schweizer, Gerhard Binder and Gijs W.E. Santen and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Oncogene.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Zirn

33 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Birgit Zirn Germany 19 689 419 167 133 129 33 1.1k
Ahmet Okay Çağlayan Türkiye 18 482 0.7× 390 0.9× 141 0.8× 115 0.9× 58 0.4× 79 1.1k
Erik-Jan Kamsteeg Netherlands 15 425 0.6× 320 0.8× 64 0.4× 105 0.8× 66 0.5× 21 874
Dragana Josifova United Kingdom 14 748 1.1× 611 1.5× 95 0.6× 86 0.6× 53 0.4× 27 1.1k
Davide Tonduti Italy 19 728 1.1× 183 0.4× 81 0.5× 83 0.6× 89 0.7× 64 1.1k
Elizabeth Roeder United States 21 1.2k 1.7× 972 2.3× 346 2.1× 165 1.2× 68 0.5× 37 1.9k
Paolo Prontera Italy 21 429 0.6× 388 0.9× 120 0.7× 95 0.7× 59 0.5× 74 889
Sibylle Jakubiczka Germany 21 814 1.2× 606 1.4× 103 0.6× 261 2.0× 180 1.4× 54 1.4k
Alice Goldenberg France 20 678 1.0× 565 1.3× 91 0.5× 124 0.9× 40 0.3× 49 1.1k
Elisabeth Rosser United Kingdom 17 657 1.0× 347 0.8× 58 0.3× 301 2.3× 173 1.3× 35 1.1k
Konrad Oexle Germany 20 609 0.9× 312 0.7× 45 0.3× 110 0.8× 192 1.5× 63 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit Zirn

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All Works

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Schmid, Alexander, Ashar Ahmad, Alexej Knaus, et al.. (2021). CADA: phenotype-driven gene prioritization based on a case-enriched knowledge graph. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 3(3). lqab078–lqab078. 15 indexed citations
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Zirn, Birgit, et al.. (2021). Rothmund–Thomson Syndrome Type 1 Caused by Biallelic ANAPC1 Gene Mutations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). e12–e12. 6 indexed citations
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Hotz, Alrun, et al.. (2021). High rate of self‐improving phenotypes in children with non‐syndromic congenital ichthyosis: case series from south‐western Germany. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 35(11). 2293–2299. 6 indexed citations
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Geis, Tobias, Haluk Topaloğlu, Burcu Balcı-Hayta, et al.. (2019). Clinical long-time course, novel mutations and genotype-phenotype correlation in a cohort of 27 families with POMT1-related disorders. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 14(1). 179–179. 13 indexed citations
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Graul‐Neumann, Luitgard, et al.. (2018). Clinical report of 8 patients with 49,XXXXY syndrome: Delineation of the facial gestalt and depiction of the clinical spectrum. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 62(3). 210–216. 12 indexed citations
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Begemann, Matthias, Birgit Zirn, Gijs W.E. Santen, et al.. (2015). Paternally InheritedIGF2Mutation and Growth Restriction. New England Journal of Medicine. 373(4). 349–356. 148 indexed citations
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Zirn, Birgit, Luitgard Graul‐Neumann, M. Suckfüll, et al.. (2013). Spectrum of novel mutations found in Waardenburg syndrome types 1 and 2: implications for molecular genetic diagnostics. BMJ Open. 3(3). e001917–e001917. 38 indexed citations
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Dreha‐Kulaczewski, Steffi, Vera M. Kalscheuer, Andreas Tzschach, et al.. (2013). A Novel SLC6A8 Mutation in a Large Family with X-Linked Intellectual Disability: Clinical and Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Data of Both Hemizygous Males and Heterozygous Females. JIMD Reports. 13. 91–99. 10 indexed citations
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Rosewich, Hendrik, Hölger Thiele, Andreas Ohlenbusch, et al.. (2012). Heterozygous de-novo mutations in ATP1A3 in patients with alternating hemiplegia of childhood: a whole-exome sequencing gene-identification study. The Lancet Neurology. 11(9). 764–773. 173 indexed citations
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Shoukier, Moneef, Iris Bartels, Bernd Auber, et al.. (2011). A 16q12 microdeletion in a boy with severe psychomotor delay, craniofacial dysmorphism, brain and limb malformations, and a heart defect. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 158A(1). 229–235. 20 indexed citations
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Zirn, Birgit, Larissa Arning, Iris Bartels, et al.. (2010). Ring chromosome 22 and neurofibromatosis type II: proof of two‐hit model for the loss of the NF2 gene in the development of meningioma. Clinical Genetics. 81(1). 82–87. 31 indexed citations
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Zirn, Birgit, Maja Hempel, Andreas Hahn, et al.. (2008). Polyneuropathy, scoliosis, tall stature, and oligodontia represent novel features of the interstitial 6p deletion phenotype. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 146A(22). 2960–2965. 6 indexed citations
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Zirn, Birgit, Wolfram Kreß, T. Grimm, et al.. (2008). Association of homozygous LMNA mutation R471C with new phenotype: Mandibuloacral dysplasia, progeria, and rigid spine muscular dystrophy. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 146A(8). 1049–1054. 33 indexed citations
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Wittmann, Stefanie, Birgit Zirn, Rhoikos Furtwängler, et al.. (2008). New prognostic markers revealed by evaluation of genes correlated with clinical parameters in Wilms tumors. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 47(5). 386–395. 48 indexed citations
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Zirn, Birgit, et al.. (2008). Novel TOR1A mutation p.Arg288Gln in early-onset dystonia (DYT1). Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 79(12). 1327–1330. 55 indexed citations
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Zirn, Birgit, Birgit Samans, Stefanie Wittmann, et al.. (2006). Target genes of the WNT/β‐catenin pathway in Wilms tumors. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 45(6). 565–574. 71 indexed citations
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Steinberger, Daniela, et al.. (2006). Utility of MLPA in deletion analysis of GCH1 in dopa-responsive dystonia. Neurogenetics. 8(1). 51–55. 21 indexed citations
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Zirn, Birgit, Oliver Hartmann, Birgit Samans, et al.. (2005). Expression profiling of Wilms tumors reveals new candidate genes for different clinical parameters. International Journal of Cancer. 118(8). 1954–1962. 79 indexed citations
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Zirn, Birgit, Birgit Samans, Christian Spangenberg, et al.. (2005). All-trans retinoic acid treatment of Wilms tumor cells reverses expression of genes associated with high risk and relapse in vivo. Oncogene. 24(33). 5246–5251. 44 indexed citations
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Zirn, Birgit, Stefanie Wittmann, Norbert Graf, & Manfred Gessler. (2004). Chibby, a novel antagonist of the Wnt pathway, is not involved in Wilms tumor development. Cancer Letters. 220(1). 115–120. 13 indexed citations

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