Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome
(redirected from Jervell Lange-Nielsen syndrome)Jer·vell and Lange-Niel·sen syn·drome
(yer-vel' lahng'ĕ nēl'sĕn), [MIM*220440 and MIM*176261]a prolonged Q-T interval recorded in the electrocardiogram of certain congenitally deaf children subject to attacks of unconsciousness resulting from Adams-Stokes seizures and ventricular fibrillation; autosomal recessive inheritance, caused by homozygosity for a mutation in the potassium channel gene (KVLQT1) on chromosome 11 or minimal potassium ion channel gene (KCNE1) on 21.
Synonym(s): surdocardiac syndrome
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Jervell,
Anton, Norwegian cardiologist, 1901–.Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome - a prolonged Q-T interval recorded in the electrocardiogram of certain congenitally deaf children subject to Adams-Stokes seizures and ventricular fibrillation. Synonym(s): surdocardiac syndrome
Lange-Nielsen,
F., 20th century Norwegian cardiologist.Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome - see under Jervell
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