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Novel mutations in the KCND3-encoded Kv4.3 K+ channel associated with autopsy-negative sudden unexplained death.
Human mutation - 1 Jun 2012
Giudicessi John R, Ye Dan, Kritzberger Chad J, Nesterenko Vladislav V, Tester David J, Antzelevitch Charles, Ackerman Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Heritable arrhythmia syndromes, including Brugada syndrome (BrS) and idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF), may serve as the pathogenic basis for autopsy-negative sudden unexplained death (SUD) and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Emerging evidence has linked perturbations in the transient outward current (I(to) ) conducted by the KCND3-encoded Kv4.3 pore-forming α-subunit to BrS or IVF. However, the...
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