Sodium channel abnormalities are infrequent in patients with long QT syndrome: Identification of two novel SCN5A mutations

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 470-476

  Wattanasirichaigoon, Duangrurdee ^a,b   Vesely, Mark R ^a   Duggal, Priya ^a   Levine, Jami C ^a,b   Blume, Elizabeth D ^a,b   Wolff, Grace S ^c   Edwards, Sam B ^d   Beggs, Alan H ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Children's Hosp of SW Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Gene mutations; Long QT syndrome; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; SODIUM CHANNELS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033615466     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991029)86:5<470::AID-AJMG13>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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