Schizophrenia disorders associated with Brugada syndrome
Ion-channel abnormalities may link the two conditions, researchers suggest
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A “considerable subset” of patients with recent-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders have ECGs suggesting Brugada syndrome, researchers say.
Dutch researchers compared ECGs of 388 patients with recent-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders with those of 844 medical students who served as controls.