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Biophysical characteristics of a new mutation on the KCNQ1 potassium channel (L251P) causing long QT syndrome.
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology - 1 Feb 2003
Deschênes Dominic, Acharfi Said, Pouliot Valerie, Hegele Robert, Krahn Andrew, Daleau Pascal, Chahine Mohamed
Abstract excerpt
The congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a hereditary cardiac disease characterized by prolonged ventricular repolarization, syncope, and sudden death. Mutations causing LQTS have been identified in various genes that encode for ionic channels or their regulatory subunits. Several of these mutations have been reported on the KCNQ1 gene encoding for a potassium channel or its regulatory subunit (KCNE1). In this...
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