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Neonatal seizures and long QT syndrome: a cardiocerebral channelopathy?
Epilepsia - 1 Feb 2010
Heron Sarah E, Hernandez Marta, Edwards Caitlin, Edkins Edward, Jansen Floor E, Scheffer Ingrid E, Berkovic Samuel F, Mulley John C
Abstract excerpt
We identified a patient with electrophysiologically verified neonatal long QT syndrome (LQTS) and neonatal seizures in the presence of a controlled cardiac rhythm. To find a cause for this unusual combination of phenotypes, we tested the patient for mutations in seven ion channel genes associated with either LQTS or benign familial neonatal seizures (BFNS). Comparative genome hybridization (CGH) was done to...
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