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Andersen-Tawil syndrome: a model of clinical variability, pleiotropy, and genetic heterogeneity.
Annals of medicine - 1 Jan 2004
Donaldson Matthew R, Yoon Grace, Fu Ying-Hui, Ptacek Louis J
Abstract excerpt
Due to its varied and variable phenotypes, Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) holds a unique place in the field of channelopathies. Patients with ATS typically present with the triad of periodic paralysis, cardiac arrhythmias, and developmental dysmorphisms. Although penetrance of ATS is high, disease expression and severity are remarkably variable. Mutations in KCNJ2 are the primary cause of ATS with 21 mutations...
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