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Background The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading globally at an accelerated rate. There is some previous evidence that weather may influence the incidence of COVID-19 infection. We assessed the role of meteorological factors including temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH) considering the concentrations of two air…[Read more]

17p13.3 microduplications are rare copy number variations (CNVs) associated with variable phenotypes, including facial dysmorphism, developmental delay, intellectual disability, and autism. Typically, when a recognized pathogenic CNV is identified, other genetic factors are not considered. We investigated via whole-exome sequencing the presence of…[Read more]

Non-HLA antibodies against endothelial targets have been implicated in the pathogenesis of antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR), but data in pediatric patients are scarce.

We retrospectively analyzed a carefully phenotyped single-center (University Children’s Hospital Heidelberg, Germany) cohort of 62 pediatric kidney transplant recipients…[Read more]