The LQT syndromes - Current status of molecular mechanisms

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 245-254

  Schulze Bahr, E ^a   Wedekind, H ^a   Haverkamp, W ^a   Borggrefe, M ^a   Assmann, G ^b   Breithardt, G ^a   Funke, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene mutation; Ion channel; Long QT syndrome; Tacharrhythmias; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LONG QT SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROGNOSIS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0032900445     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920050283     Document Type: Review

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