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Gain-of-function mutations in potassium channel subunit KCNE2 associated with early-onset lone atrial fibrillation.
Biomarkers in medicine - 1 Jan 2014
Nielsen Jonas Bille, Bentzen Bo Hjorth, Olesen Morten Salling, David Jens-Peter, Olesen Søren-Peter, Haunsø Stig, Svendsen Jesper Hastrup, Schmitt Nicole
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Disturbances in cardiac potassium conductance are considered as one of the disease mechanisms in AF. We aimed to investigate if mutations in potassium-channel β-subunits KCNE2 and KCNE3 are associated with early-onset lone AF. METHODS & RESULTS: The coding regions of KCNE2 and KCNE3 were bidirectionally sequenced in 192 unrelated patients...
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