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Phenotype variability in patients carrying KCNJ2 mutations.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Jun 2012
Kimura Hiromi, Zhou Jun, Kawamura Mihoko, Itoh Hideki, Mizusawa Yuka, Ding Wei-Guang, Wu Jie, Ohno Seiko, Makiyama Takeru, Miyamoto Akashi, Naiki Nobu, Wang Qi, Xie Yu, Suzuki Tsugutoshi, Tateno Shigeru, Nakamura Yoshihide, Zang Wei-Jin, Ito Makoto, Matsuura Hiroshi, Horie Minoru
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations of KCNJ2, the gene encoding the human inward rectifier potassium channel Kir2.1, cause Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS), a disease exhibiting ventricular arrhythmia, periodic paralysis, and dysmorphic features. However, some KCNJ2 mutation carriers lack the ATS triad and sometimes share the phenotype of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). We investigated clinical and...
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