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Gender and age effects on ventricular repolarization abnormality in Japanese general carriers of a G643S common single nucleotide polymorphism for the KCNQ1 gene.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 1 Jun 2006
Ozawa Tomoya, Ito Makoto, Tamaki Shinji, Yao Takenori, Ashihara Takashi, Kita Yoshikuni, Okamura Tomonori, Ueshima Hirotsugu, Horie Minoru
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The KCNQ1 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), G643S, is known to be associated with secondary long QT syndrome (LQTS) and to cause a mild reduction in KCNQ1 current. However, the precise incidence and its association with QT intervals remain unknown in the greater cohort of the population in Japan. METHODS AND RESULTS: The genotype was screened at codon 643 of KCNQ1 in 992 residents of a farming...
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