Molecular genetics of the long QT syndro
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Kirsi Saarinen; Heikki Swan; Katariina Kainulainen; Lauri Toivonen; Matti Viitas
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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At least three different gene loci were recently shown to account for the long QT syndrome (LQTS), a monogenic disorder with altered myocardial repolarization and occurrence of life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. We screened 44 unrelated probands for mutations of the gene encoding the cardiac pota