Management and treatment of Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS).

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Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) is characterized by periodic paralysis, cardiac arrhythmias, and distinct facial and skeletal features. The majority of patients with ATS (ATS1) have point mutations in the KCNJ2 gene, which encodes the inward-rectifying potassium channel known as Kir2.1. The skeletal muscle and cardiac symptoms are accounted for, in most cases, by a dominant negative effect of the mutations on...

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