Unexplained fainting, near drowning and unusual seizures in childhood: Screening for long QT syndrome in New Zealand families

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1093, 1999, Pages 299-302

  Bradley, Tim ^b   Dixon, Joanne ^a   Easthope, Ron ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEAR DROWNING; NEW ZEALAND; PEDIGREE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEAR DROWNING; NEW ZEALAND; PEDIGREE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0033551646     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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