Genetic analysis of Brugada syndrome in Israel: Two novel mutations and possible genetic heterogeneity

Genetic Testing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 331-334

  Levy Nissenbaum, Etgar ^a,d   Eldar, Michael ^b,d   Wang, Qing ^c   Lahat, Hadas ^a,d   Belhassen, Bernard ^d   Ries, Liat ^a,d   Friedman, Eitan ^a,d   Pras, Elon ^a,d  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0035727822     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109065701753617480     Document Type: Article

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