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 ...

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, ...

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 ...