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Cellular basis for electrocardiographic and arrhythmic manifestations of Andersen-Tawil syndrome (LQT7).
Heart rhythm - 1 Mar 2006
Tsuboi Masato, Antzelevitch Charles
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Andersen-Tawil syndrome, a skeletal muscle syndrome associated with periodic paralysis and long QT intervals on the ECG, has been linked to defects in KCNJ2, the gene encoding for the inward rectifier potassium channel (I(K1).) OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the cellular mechanisms underlying the ECG and arrhythmic manifestations of Andersen-Tawil syndrome. METHODS: To...
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