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Functional and clinical characterization of KCNJ2 mutations associated with LQT7 (Andersen syndrome).
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Aug 2002
Tristani-Firouzi Martin, Jensen Judy L, Donaldson Matthew R, Sansone Valeria, Meola Giovanni, Hahn Angelika, Bendahhou Said, Kwiecinski Hubert, Fidzianska Anna, Plaster Nikki, Fu Ying-Hui, Ptacek Louis J, Tawil Rabi
Abstract excerpt
Andersen syndrome (AS) is a rare, inherited disorder characterized by periodic paralysis, long QT (LQT) with ventricular arrhythmias, and skeletal developmental abnormalities. We recently established that AS is caused by mutations in KCNJ2, which encodes the inward rectifier K(+) channel Kir2.1. In this report, we characterized the functional consequences of three novel and seven previously described KCNJ2...
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