About the Authors

Benedetta Izzi

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Inge Francois

Affiliation Departement of Pediatrics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Veerle Labarque

Affiliation Departement of Pediatrics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Chantal Thys

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Christine Wittevrongel

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Koen Devriendt

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Eric Legius

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Annick Van den Bruel

Affiliation General Hospital Sint Jan Brugge, Brugge, Belgium

Marc D'Hooghe

Affiliation General Hospital Sint Jan Brugge, Brugge, Belgium

Diether Lambrechts

Affiliation Vesalius Research Center, University of Leuven and VIB, Leuven, Belgium

Francis de Zegher

Affiliation Departement of Pediatrics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Chris Van Geet

Affiliations Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Departement of Pediatrics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Kathleen Freson

kathleen.freson@med.kuleuven.be

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BI CVG KF. Performed the experiments: BI VL CT CW. Analyzed the data: BI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DL. Wrote the paper: BI CVG KF. Provide clinical data about the patients studied: IF VL KD EL AVdB MD FdZ CVG.