QT interval is linked to 2 long-QT syndrome loci in normal subjects

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3161-3164

  Busjahn, Andreas ^b   Knoblauch, Hans ^b   Faulhaber, Hans Dieter ^b   Boeckel, Thomas ^b   Rosenthal, Magda ^b   Uhlmann, Regina ^b   Hoehe, Margret ^b   Schuster, Herbert ^b   Luft, Friedrich C ^a  

^a FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Genetics; Intervals; Long QT syndrome; Molecular biology

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 4; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; T WAVE;

EID: 0033595025     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.24.3161     Document Type: Article

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