Posthumous diagnosis of long QT syndrome from neonatal screening cards

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 481-486

  Gladding, P A ^a   Evans, C A ^a,b   Crawford, J ^a   Chung, S K ^c   Vaughan, A ^d   Webster, D ^e   Neas, K ^a,f   Love, D R ^a,c   Rees, M I ^a,c,g   Shelling, A N ^a,b   Skinner, J R ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Diagnostic Genetics   (New Zealand)

^e National Testing Centre   (New Zealand)

^f Central Regional Genetics Service   (New Zealand)

^g School of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic testing; Guthrie card; long QT syndrome (LQTS); Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS); Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP); Sudden unexplained death in the young (SUDY)

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GUTHRIE SCREENING CARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; NEWBORN SCREENING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POSTHUMOUS GENETIC TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN THE YOUNG;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949491014     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.12.023     Document Type: Article

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