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[Novel SCN5A gene mutations associated with Brugada syndrome: V95I, A1649V and delF1617].
Zhonghua xin xue guan bing za zhi - 1 Jul 2006
Liang Peng, Liu Wen-ling, Hu Da-yi, Li Cui-lan, Tao Wu-hua, Li Lei
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OBJECTIVE: Brugada syndrome is an inherited channelopathy that characterized by ST-segment elevation in the right precordial lead (V(1)-V(3)) on the electrocardiogram with or without right bundle branch block and related with high risk of sudden cardiac death and structurally normal hearts. The first and only gene linked to this disease is SCN5A, a gene encodes for alpha subunit of the cardiac sodium channel. The...
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