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Novel KCNJ2 mutation in familial periodic paralysis with ventricular dysrhythmia.
Circulation - 4 Jun 2002
Ai Tomohiko, Fujiwara Yuichiro, Tsuji Keiko, Otani Hideo, Nakano Shozo, Kubo Yoshihiro, Horie Minoru
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in the KCNJ2 gene, which codes cardiac and skeletal inward rectifying K+ channels (Kir2.1), produce Andersen's syndrome, which is characterized by periodic paralysis, cardiac arrhythmia, and dysmorphic features. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 3 Japanese family members with periodic paralysis, ventricular arrhythmias, and marked QT prolongation, polymerase chain reaction/single-strand conformation...
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