Long QT syndrome and associated gene mutation carriers in Japanese children: Results from ECG screening examinations

Clinical Science

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 415-424

  Hayashi, Kenshi ^a   Fujino, Noboru ^a   Uchiyama, Katsuharu ^a   Ino, Hidekazu ^a   Sakata, Kenji ^a   Konno, Tetsuo ^a   Masuta, Eiichi ^a   Funada, Akira ^a   Sakamoto, Yuichiro ^a   Tsubokawa, Toshinari ^a   Nakashima, Keisuka ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Higashida, Haruhiro ^a   Hiramaru, Yoshitake ^b   Shimizu, Masami ^b   Yamagishi, Masakazu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular screening; Ion channel; Long QT syndrome; Molecular genetics

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNH2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; PROTEIN SCN5A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; JAPANESE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 70350528745     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20080528     Document Type: Article

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