Background The 11p15 region contains two clusters of imprinted genes. Opposite genetic and epigenetic anomalies of this region result in two distinct growth disturbance syndromes: Beckwith-Wiedemann ...

1 Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2 Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of ...

Correspondence to Dr Norbert Weiss, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha 166 10, Czech Republic; weiss{at}uochb.cas.cz; Dr Gerald W Zamponi, Department of ...

Background Monogenic hypertension describe a series of hypertensive syndromes that are inherited by Mendelian laws. Sometimes genetic testing is required to provide evidence for their diagnoses, ...