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Alpha1-syntrophin mutations identified in sudden infant death syndrome cause an increase in late cardiac sodium current.
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology - 1 Dec 2009
Cheng Jianding, Van Norstrand David W, Medeiros-Domingo Argelia, Valdivia Carmen, Tan Bi-hua, Ye Bin, Kroboth Stacie, Vatta Matteo, Tester David J, January Craig T, Makielski Jonathan C, Ackerman Michael J
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BACKGROUND: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a leading cause of death during the first 6 months after birth. About 5% to 10% of SIDS may stem from cardiac channelopathies such as long-QT syndrome. We recently implicated mutations in alpha1-syntrophin (SNTA1) as a novel cause of long-QT synd...
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