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Association of NOS1AP genetic variants with QT interval duration in families from the Diabetes Heart Study.
Diabetes - 1 Apr 2008
Lehtinen Allison B, Newton-Cheh Christopher, Ziegler Julie T, Langefeld Carl D, Freedman Barry I, Daniel Kurt R, Herrington David M, Bowden Donald W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Prolongation of the electrocardiographic QT interval is a risk factor for sudden cardiac death (SCD). Diabetic individuals are at increased risk for prolonged QT interval and SCD. We sought to replicate the finding that genetic variants in the nitric oxide synthase 1 adaptor protein (NOS1AP) gene are associated with QT interval duration in a type 2 diabetes-enriched sample of European ancestry....
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