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The molecular genetics of the long QT syndrome: genes causing fainting and sudden death.
Annual review of medicine - 1 Jan 1998
Vincent G M
Abstract excerpt
The congenital long QT syndrome is an autosomal-dominant genetic disorder of cardiac electrical repolarization. It is caused by mutations of at least six genes, of which four, all encoding for cardiac ion channels, have been identified: KVLQT1, HERG, and Min K encode for cardiac potassium ion cha...
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