[Long QT syndrome].

Article

[Long QT syndrome].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Mar 1996

Nakajima T, Kaneko Y, Taniguchi Y, Nagai R

Abstract excerpt

Romano-Ward syndrome, one of familial long QT syndromes, is an inherited disorder that causes sudden death from cardiac arrhythmias, specifically torsade de pointes and ventricular fibrillation. By linkage analyses, three LQT loci were previously mapped: LQT1 on chromosome 11p15.5, LQT2 on 7q35-3...

Topics

Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Humans
Long QT Syndrome
Mutation
Potassium Channels
Sodium Channels

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