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Large deletion in KCNQ1 identified in a family with Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome.
Annals of laboratory medicine - 1 Sept 2014
Sung Ji Yeon, Bae Eun Jung, Park Seungman, Kim So Yeon, Hyun Ye Jin, Park Sung Sup, Seong Moon-Woo
Abstract excerpt
Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder associated with sequence variations in more than 10 genes; in some cases, it is caused by large deletions or duplications among the main, known LQTS-associated genes. Here, we describe a 14-month-old Korean boy with congenital hearing loss and prolonged QT interval whose condition was clinically diagnosed as Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome (JLNS),...
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