The homozygous KCNQ1 gene mutation associated with recessive Romano-Ward syndrome

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1013-1015

  Novotny, Tomas ^a   Kadlecova, Jitka ^a   Janousek, Jan ^b   Gaillyova, Renata ^a   Bittnerova, Alexandra ^a   Florianova, Alena ^a   Sisakova, Martina ^a   Toman, Ondrej ^a   Chroust, Karel ^c   Papousek, Ivo ^c   Spinar, Jindrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ion channel; KCNQ1; Long QT syndrome; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; ROMANO-WARD SYNDROME;

EID: 33748707999     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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