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Identification of a novel KCNQ1 mutation associated with both Jervell and Lange-Nielsen and Romano-Ward forms of long QT syndrome in a Chinese family.
BMC medical genetics - 9 Apr 2008
Zhang Su, Yin Ke, Ren Xiang, Wang Pengyun, Zhang Shirong, Cheng Lingling, Yang Junguo, Liu Jing Yu, Liu Mugen, Wang Qing Kenneth
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a cardiac disorder characterized by prolonged QT intervals on electrocardiograms (ECG), ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden death. Clinically, two inherited forms of LQTS have been defined: autosomal dominant LQTS or Romano-Ward syndrome (RWS) not associated with deafness and autosomal recessive LQTS or Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome (JLNS) associated with deafness....
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