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This report describes a teenager found to have both Addision’s disease and long-QT syndrome type 1. This association is unique, but congenital long-QT channelopathies have been associated with other endocrinopathies. It remains to be seen whether genetic investigation should be performed for all patients with long-QTc’s and endocrinopathies.
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Lang, S.M., Rollinson, N.L. & Fishberger, S.B. Congenital Long-QT Syndrome in Addison’s Disease: A Novel Association. Pediatr Cardiol 33, 652–655 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-012-0163-5
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