Variable expression of long QT syndrome among gene carriers from families with five different HERG mutations

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-46

  Benhorin, Jesaia ^a   Moss, Arthur J ^c   Bak, Matthew ^c   Zareba, Wojciech ^c   Kaufman, Elizabeth S ^d   Kerem, Batsheva ^b   Towbin, Jeffrey A ^e   Priori, Silvia ^f   Kass, Robert S ^g   Attali, Bernard ^h   Brown, Arthur M ^d   Ficker, Eckhard ^d  

^a BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f IRCCS   (Italy)

^g Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^h TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Genes; HERG; Long QT syndrome

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; T WAVE;

EID: 0036180603     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474x.2001.tb00137.x     Document Type: Article

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