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Two Cases of Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in a Family
Chan Uhng Joo, So Hee Lim, Pyung Han Hwang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2002;45(9):1150-1154.   Published online September 15, 2002
Wolff-Parkinson-White(WPW) syndrome is characterized by electrographic evidence of ventricular preexcitation, which predisposes to supraventicular arrhythmias. Familial occurrence of WPW syndrome is uncommon. We observed two affected siblings in a family. Five members of the family underwent 12-lead electrocardiography and echocardiography. Although known genetic abnormality of the 7q34-q36(PRKAG2) for the familial WPW syndrome was evaluated, the mutation was not detected in...