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A novel SCN5A gain-of-function mutation M1875T associated with familial atrial fibrillation.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 14 Oct 2008
Makiyama Takeru, Akao Masaharu, Shizuta Satoshi, Doi Takahiro, Nishiyama Kei, Oka Yuko, Ohno Seiko, Nishio Yukiko, Tsuji Keiko, Itoh Hideki, Kimura Takeshi, Kita Toru, Horie Minoru
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: This study describes a novel heterozygous gain-of-function mutation in the cardiac sodium (Na+) channel gene, SCN5A, identified in a Japanese family with lone atrial fibrillation (AF). BACKGROUND: SCN5A mutations have been associated with a variety of inherited arrhythmias, but the gain-of-function type modulation in SCN5A is associated with only 1 phenotype, long-QT syndrome type 3 (LQTS3). METHODS:...
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