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Investigate the molecular and clinical characteristics of a unique KCNQ1 mutation associated with an unusual inheritance pattern of long QT syndrome.

Mutation in KCNQ1 that has both recessive and dominant characteristics

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Investigate the molecular and clinical characteristics of a unique KCNQ1 mutation associated with an unusual inheritance pattern of long QT syndrome.
Assessed clinical phenotypes, family history, and electrocardiographic parameters in a pedigree presenting with severe childhood-onset cardiac arrest.
Analyzed potassium channel gene involvement by evaluating KCNQ1 transmission patterns relative to classical Romano-Ward and Jervell-Lange-Nielsen syndromes.
Identified a KCNQ1 mutation that presents both dominant and recessive transmission characteristics without causing sensorineural deafness.
Determined that homozygous individuals developed severe clinical manifestations, whereas heterozygous carriers showed subtle or absent QTc prolongation below 450 ms.

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A family with a KCNQ1 mutation presenting with long QT syndrome, including a proband who had a cardiac arrest at 4 years and her brother.

This report highlights a unique KCNQ1 mutation in long QT syndrome that displays both recessive and dominant inheritance patterns.

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Alerts clinicians to atypical KCNQ1 inheritance in LQTS families; leaves open broader prevalence and counseling implications pending larger studies.

Murray et al. (2002) studied this question.

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Alerts clinicians to atypical KCNQ1 inheritance in LQTS families; leaves open broader prevalence and counseling implications pending larger studies.