Long QT and Brugada syndrome gene mutations in New Zealand

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1306-1314

  Chung, Seo Kyung ^a,b   MacCormick, Judith M ^b,c   McCulley, Caroline H ^a   Crawford, Jackie ^b,c   Eddy, Carey Anne ^a,b   Mitchell, Edwin A ^a   Shelling, Andrew N ^a,b   French, John K ^b,d   Skinner, Jonathan R ^b,c   Rees, Mark I ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Ion channels; Long QT; Mutations; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

DNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CAUCASIAN; CELL FUNCTION; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MAORI; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATHOGENICITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RESUSCITATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUDDEN DEATH; TRANSGENICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDEL MUTATION; INFANT; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEW ZEALAND; OPEN READING FRAMES; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RISK FACTORS; RNA SPLICE SITES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNELS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34648822732     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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