Ardissone A, Bragato C, Blasevich F, Maccagnano E, Salerno F, Gandioli C, Morandi L, Mora M, Moroni I. SEPN1-related myopathy in three patients: novel mutations and diagnostic clues. Eur J Pediatr. 2016 Aug;175(8):1113-8. doi: 10.1007/s00431-015-2685-3. Epub 2016 Jan 16. Caggiano S, Khirani S, Dabaj I, Cavassa E, Amaddeo A, Arroyo JO, Desguerre I, Richard P,… Read More »
Orthostatic hypotension is a drop in blood pressure that occurs when moving from a laying down (supine) position to a standing (upright) position. The word “orthostasis” means to stand up, so the condition is defined as low blood pressure (hypotension) that occurs upon standing. When standing up, gravity moves blood from the upper body to… Read More »
Dutta AK. Schuurs-Hoeijmakers syndrome in a patient from India. Am J Med Genet A. 2019 Jan 28. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61058. [Epub ahead of print] Gadzicki D, Döcker D, Schubach M, Menzel M, Schmorl B, Stellmer F, Biskup S, Bartholdi D. Expanding the phenotype of a recurrent de novo variant in PACS1 causing intellectual disability. Clin Genet.… Read More »
Hypertension is abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries, which are the blood vessels that carry blood from the to the rest of the body. As the heart beats, it forces blood through the arteries to deliver nutrients and oxygen to the rest of the body. The strength of the blood pushing against the artery… Read More »
Battaglia A, Bernardini L, Torrente I, Novelli A, Scarselli G. Spectrum of epilepsy and electroencephalogram patterns in idic (15) syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2016 Oct;170(10):2531-9. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37844. Epub 2016 Aug 11. Conant KD, Finucane B, Cleary N, Martin A, Muss C, Delany M, Murphy EK, Rabe O, Luchsinger K, Spence SJ, Schanen C,… Read More »
Mutations in several genes have been found to cause left ventricular noncompaction. Mutations in the MYH7 and MYBPC3 genes have been estimated to cause up to 30 percent of cases; mutations in other genes are each responsible for a small percentage of cases. However, the cause of the condition is often unknown. Most of the… Read More »
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