Compound heterozygous SCN5A mutations: Does the sum of the parts equal the whole?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1176-1177

  Benson, D Woodrow ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUGADA SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SCN5A GENE;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 67650713533     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.05.012     Document Type: Editorial

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