Article
[A novel KCNQ1 mutation in Chinese with congenital long QT syndrome].
Zhonghua er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of pediatrics - 1 Oct 2003
Liang Lu, Du Zhong-dong, Cai Ling-ling, Wu Jian-xin, Zheng Tong, Qi Tie-xiong
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited disorder of cardiac repolarization characterized by prolongation of QT interval and polymorphic ventricular tachycardia torsade de pointes (TdP) in the electrocardiogram (ECG). Clinical symptoms include recurrent syncope, seizure or even sudden death. It is caused by mutations of at least seven genes, six of them encoding ion channels that determine...
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