Congenital long-QT syndrome concealed by hypercalcemia in Williams syndrome

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1322-1324

  Czosek, Richard J ^b   Berul, Charles I ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Calcium; Electrocardiography; Genetics; Long QT syndrome

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 56749102862     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01263.x     Document Type: Article

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