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Gene sequencing in neonates and infants with the long QT syndrome.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 2005
Shim Sung Han, Ito Masamichi, Maher Thomas, Milunsky Aubrey
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The objective was to analyze the clinical and molecular findings in a cohort of neonates and infants with the autosomal dominant long QT syndrome (LQTS). Those affected face a high risk of ventricular arrhythmia resulting in syncope, seizure or sudden death. Blood samples submitted for molecular diagnostic studies on 7 infants were subject to DNA extraction and mutation analysis of 18 selected exons in 5 LQTS...
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