Clinical and molecular heterogeneity in the Brugada syndrome: A novel gene locus on chromosome 3

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 707-713

  Weiss, Raul ^a   Barmada, M Michael ^a   Nguyen, Tuduy ^a   Seibel, Jolene S ^a   Cavlovich, Doris ^a   Kornblit, Cari A ^a   Angelilli, Adam ^a   Villanueva, Flordeliza ^a   McNamara, Dennis M ^a   London, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Death, sudden; Genetics; Ion channels

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; PROCAINAMIDE; PROTEIN SCN10A; PROTEIN SCN12A; PROTEIN SCN5A; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 3P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PENETRANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; COMORBIDITY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROCAINAMIDE; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNCOPE; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0037065845     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc0602.103618     Document Type: Article

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