Heart Rhythm
Volume 2, Issue 11 , Pages 1238-1249 , November 2005

Functional assessment of compound mutations in the KCNQ1 and KCNH2 genes associated with long QT syndrome

  • Morten Grunnet, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physiology, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    • NeuroSearch A/S, Ballerup, Denmark
    • Copenhagen Heart Arrhythmia Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • The first two authors share first authorship.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Morten Grunnet, Department of Medical Physiology and Copenhagen Heart Arrhythmia Research Center, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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  • Elijah Raphael Behr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, St. Georges Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • The first two authors share first authorship.
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  • Kirstine Calloe, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physiology, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Copenhagen Heart Arrhythmia Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Jacob Hofman-Bang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Copenhagen Heart Arrhythmia Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Jan Till, MD

      Affiliations

    • Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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  • Michael Christiansen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Copenhagen Heart Arrhythmia Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • William John McKenna, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Hospital & University College, London, United Kingdom
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  • Søren-Peter Olesen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physiology, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    • NeuroSearch A/S, Ballerup, Denmark
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  • Nicole Schmitt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physiology, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Copenhagen Heart Arrhythmia Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

Received 20 April 2005 ,Accepted 25 July 2005.

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 This work was supported by The John and Birthe Meyer Foundation, The Velux Foundation, The NovoNordisk Foundation, The Danish Heart Foundation, and The Beckett Foundation.

PII: S1547-5271(05)01890-4

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.07.025

Heart Rhythm
Volume 2, Issue 11 , Pages 1238-1249 , November 2005

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