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DHPLC analysis of potassium ion channel genes in congenital long QT syndrome.
Human mutation - 1 Nov 2002
Jongbloed Roselie, Marcelis Carlo, Velter Crool, Doevendans Pieter, Geraedts Joep, Smeets Hubert
Abstract excerpt
Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is electrocardiographically characterized by a prolonged QT interval and polymorphic ventricular arrhythmias (torsade de pointes). As a result of these arrhythmias, patients suffer from recurrent syncopes, seizures, or sudden death as the most dramatic event. Mutations in five genes, encoding cardiac ion channels, have been identified in LQTS. Two potassium-channel genes, KCNQ1...
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