Homozygosity for a HERG potassium channel mutation causes a severe form of long QT syndrome: Identification of an apparent founder mutation in the finns

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1919-1925

  Piippo, Kirsi ^a   Laitinen, Päivi ^a   Swan, Heikki ^a   Toivonen, Lauri ^a   Viitasalo, Matti ^a   Pasternack, Michael ^a   Paavonen, Kristian ^a   Chapman, Hugh ^a,b   Wann, Kenneth T ^b   Hirvelä, Eeva ^a   Sajantila, Antti ^a   Kontula, Kimmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE MUTATION; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATCH CLAMP; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SIBLING; SUDDEN DEATH; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADULT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CHILD; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 17144442716     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00636-7     Document Type: Article

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