Molecular genetics of the long QT syndrome: Two novel mutations of the KVLQT1 gene and phenotypic expression of the mutant gene in a large kindred

Human Mutation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 158-165

  Saarinen, Kirsi ^a   Swan, Heikki ^a   Kainulainen, Katariina ^a   Toivonen, Lauri ^a   Viitasalo, Matti ^a   Kontula, Kimmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chromosome 11; Genetic diagnosis; LQTS; Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FINLAND; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031930347     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1998)11:2<158::AID-HUMU9>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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