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Heterozygous mutation in the pore of potassium channel gene KvLQT1 causes an apparently normal phenotype in long QT syndrome.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2000
Neyroud N, Denjoy I, Donger C, Gary F, Villain E, Leenhardt A, Benali K, Schwartz K, Coumel P, Guicheney P
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in KvLQT1, a gene encoding a potassium channel, cause both the recessive Jervell and Lange-Nielsen (JLN) syndrome and the dominant Romano-Ward (RW) syndrome. These diseases are characterised by a prolonged QT interval on the ECG, syncopes and sudden death due to cardiac arrhythmias. The JLN syndrome is also associated with a congenital bilateral deafness. We report here a novel missense mutation, W305S,...
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