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Identification and characterization of a novel recessive KCNQ1 mutation associated with Romano-Ward Long-QT syndrome in two Iranian families.
Journal of electrocardiology - 1 Jan 2000
Zafari Zahra, Dalili Mohammad, Zeinali Sirus, Saber Siamak, Fazeli Far Amir Farjam, Akbari Mohammad Taghi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: One of the foremost causes of sudden cardiac death in the young is an inherent cardiac arrhythmia known as Long-QT syndrome (LQTS). Whereas heterozygous mutations typically lead to the Romano-Ward type of LQTS, We have provided a further evidence for the recessive transmission of a novel KCNQ1 gene mutation in two consanguineous families for the first time in Iran. METHODS: Next generation sequencing,...
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