QT is longer in drug-free patients with schizophrenia compared with age-matched healthy subjects.

The potassium voltage-gated channel KCNH2 is a well-known gene in which mutations induce familial QT interval prolongation. KCNH2 is suggested to be a risk gene for schizophrenia. Additionally, the disturbance of autonomic control, which affects the QT interval, is known in schizophrenia. Therefore,...

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Main Authors: Kumiko Fujii, Yuji Ozeki, Hiroaki Okayasu, Yumiko Takano, Takahiro Shinozaki, Hiroaki Hori, Masami Orui, Minoru Horie, Hiroshi Kunugi, Kazutaka Shimoda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4041785?pdf=render