Gene sequencing in neonates and infants with the long QT syndrome

Genetic Testing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-284

  Shim, Sung Han ^a   Ito, Masamichi ^a   Maker, Thomas ^a   Milunsky, Aubrey ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HERG GENE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; KCNE1 GENE; KCNE2 GENE; KCNQ1 GENE; LONG QT SYNDROME; NEWBORN; SCN5A GENE; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MUTATION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PEDIGREE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 30744463265     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2005.9.281     Document Type: Article

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