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In 1957, Jervell and Lange-Nielsen reported a syndrome of congenital sensory deafness associated with a prolonged QT interval in four children of a Norwegian family.¹ The affected children had multiple syncopal episodes, and three died suddenly at the ages of four, five, and nine years. Since 1957, other examples of the long-QT syndrome associated with deafness (the Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome) have been described.^2,3,4 In all cases, the apparent mode of inheritance was autosomal recessive. This syndrome is rare (estimated incidence, 1.6 to 6 cases per million).² Affected persons are susceptible to recurrent syncope, and they have a high incidence . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Methods

Ascertainment and Phenotyping of the Kindred

Linkage Analysis

Mutation Analysis

DNA-Sequence Analysis

Results

Phenotypic Characteristics

Linkage Analysis

Mutation Analysis

Discussion

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From the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics (I.S., D.L.A., M.T.K.), the Cardiology Division (K.W.T., G.M.V., M.T.K.), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (D.L.A., M.T.K.), University of Utah; and the Department of Medicine (K.W.T., G.M.V.), Latter-Day Saints Hospital — all in Salt Lake City.

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