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Common genetic variants in ANK2 modulate QT interval: results from the KORA study.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Dec 2008
Sedlacek Kamil, Stark Klaus, Cunha Shane R, Pfeufer Arne, Weber Stefan, Berger Iris, Perz Siegfried, Kääb Stefan, Wichmann Hans-Erich, Mohler Peter J, Hengstenberg Christian, Jeron Andreas
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BACKGROUND: Spatial and timely variations in QT interval, even within its normal range, may underlie susceptibility to cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Given its important role in cardiac electrophysiology, we hypothesized that common genetic variation in ankyrin-B gene (ANK2) might...
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