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Lack of any cardiac involvement in a patient with Andersen-Tawil syndrome associated with the c.574A→G mutation in KCNJ2.
Cardiology - 1 Jan 2011
Modoni Anna, Bianchi Maria Laura Ester, Vitulano Nicola, Pagliarani Serena, Perna Francesco, Sanna Tommaso, Rizzo Valentina, Silvestri Gabriella
Abstract excerpt
The Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) is characterized by hypo-normokaliemic muscle periodic paralysis, dysmorphic features and ventricular arrhythmias. Most cases are caused by mutations in KCNJ2, encoding for the potassium inwardly rectifying channel, Kir2.1 (ATS1). Although KCNJ2 mutations show no obvious genotype-phenotype correlations and incomplete penetrance, signs of cardiac involvement are usually present in...
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