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A founder mutation of the potassium channel KCNQ1 in long QT syndrome: implications for estimation of disease prevalence and molecular diagnostics.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 1 Feb 2001
Piippo K, Swan H, Pasternack M, Chapman H, Paavonen K, Viitasalo M, Toivonen L, Kontula K
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OBJECTIVES: We took advantage of the genetic isolate of Finns to characterize a common long QT syndrome (LQTS) mutation, and to estimate the prevalence of LQTS. BACKGROUND: The LQTS is caused by mutations in different ion channel genes, which vary in their molecular nature from family to family....
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