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Three generations of hereditary long-QT syndrome with complete penetrance caused by the p.G316E KCNQ1 mutation.
Pediatric cardiology - 1 Jan 2011
Viadero M Teresa, Rubín Esther, Amigo Teresa, González-Lamuño Domingo
Abstract excerpt
This report describes a three-generation family with a severe phenotype of long-QT syndrome-1 (LQTS-1) caused by a single nucleotide mutation in the KQT-like, voltage-gated potassium channel-1 gene (KCNQ1; MIM 607542). Two members of the family died suddenly in their childhood, and all eight surviving members with prolonged QT have a heterozygous missense mutation resulting in a glycine-to-glutamate amino acid...
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