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Molecular and functional characterization of common polymorphisms in HERG (KCNH2) potassium channels.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 1 Jun 2004
Anson Blake D, Ackerman Michael J, Tester David J, Will Melissa L, Delisle Brian P, Anderson Corey L, January Craig T
Abstract excerpt
Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a cardiac repolarization disorder that can lead to arrhythmias and sudden death. Chromosome 7-linked inherited LQTS (LQT2) is caused by mutations in human ether-a-go-go-related gene (HERG; KCNH2), whereas drug-induced LQTS is caused primarily by HERG channel block. Many...
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