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Long QT syndrome type 7

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Link to WHO Definition

Long QT syndrome type 7 – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1684553772

Cardiodysrythmic potassium-sensitive periodic paralysis or Andersen's syndrome is a rare muscular channelopathy characterised by periodic muscle paralysis, prolongation of the QT interval with a variety of ventricular arrhythmias (leading to predisposition to sudden cardiac death) and characteristic physical features: short stature, scoliosis, low-set ears, hypertelorism, broad nasal root, micrognathia, clinodactyly, brachydactyly and syndactyly.