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1: Indian J Pediatr. 2006 Jul;73(7):623-5.Links
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Indian J Pediatr. 2007 Jan;74(1):90; author reply 90.

Jervell-Lange Nielsen syndrome in a family with the long QT Syndrome (LQTS).

Mondal RK, Karmakar B, Chandra PK, Sarkar UN.

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, India.

A child with Jervell-Lange Nielsen syndrome is presented from Kolkata. Family study showed that the other family members are suffering from long QT syndrome. The child had frequent syncopal attack and very prolonged QT interval requiring left cardiac sympathetic denervation and beta-blocker therapy as patient could not afford implantable defibrillator and cardiac pacing.

PMID: 16877859 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]