Publication Date:
2015-04-22
Description:
Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome presents with deafness and syncopal attacks. Prolongation of QT-duration was identified as a hallmark of the disease, which became the first “long-QT syndrome” (LQT-syndrome). Genetic studies revealed a mutation in a gene encoding a voltage potassium channel, which was called KVLQT1. When coexpressed with the correct...
Keywords:
Letters
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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