Mutation analysis in congenital long QT syndrome - A case with missense mutations in KCNQ1 and SCN5A

Genetic Testing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-61

  Paulussen, Aimée ^a,c   Matthijs, Gert ^b   Gewillig, Marc ^b   Verhasselt, Peter ^a   Cohen, Nadine ^a   Aerssens, Jeroen ^a  

^a JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART DEATH; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QT INTERVAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0037357819     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109065703321560958     Document Type: Article

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