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Genetic biomarkers in Brugada syndrome.
Biomarkers in medicine - 1 Aug 2013
Li Anthony, Saba Magdi M, Behr Elijah R
Abstract excerpt
Brugada syndrome is an inherited arrhythmia syndrome predisposing to sudden cardiac death. Six years after its initial description as a clinical entity, the first mutations in SCN5A encoding the cardiac sodium channel Nav1.5 were reported. Over 300 mutations in SCN5A have since been described in addition to mutations in genes encoding Nav1.5 auxiliary units, potassium and calcium channels. This review summarizes...
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