Clinical assessment of the pathogenicity of unknown variants in long-QT syndrome: Does the pendulum swing back?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 643-644

  Lodder, Elisabeth M ^a   Wilde, Arthur A M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNH2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; NOTE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84862169937     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02283.x     Document Type: Note

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