Genetic Testing in the Long QT Syndrome
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- 21 December 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 294 (23) , 2975-2980
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.294.23.2975
Abstract
The long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited disease predisposing to cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death in young individuals. Two phenotypic variants have been described: the autosomal dominant Romano-Ward syndrome and the autosomal recessive Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome.1-4 More recently, 2 additional uncommon variants presenting with prolonged QT interval and extracardiac manifestations were reported.5,6Keywords
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