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An elderly Jervell and Lange-Nielsen patient heterozygous compound for two new KCNQ1 mutations.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Mar 2017
Coto Eliecer, García-Fernández Francisco J, Calvo David, Salgado-Aranda Ricardo, Martín-González Javier, Alonso Belén, Iglesias Sara, Gómez Juan
Abstract excerpt
We present the case of a 66-year-old female with early onset deafness and seizures, who was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 2 years. She received antiepileptic drugs and was free of syncope episodes for 32 years. After a syncope at the age of 34, the ECG was characteristic of long-QT syndrome and was treated with antiarrhythmic drugs. Sequencing of the KCNQ1 gene identified two novel KCNQ1 variants...
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