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Multiple interacting gene products may influence susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Jul 2000
Robinson R L, Curran J L, Ellis F R, Halsall P J, Hall W J, Hopkins P M, Iles D E, West S P, Shaw M A
Abstract excerpt
Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a potentially lethal disorder triggered in susceptible individuals on exposure to common anaesthetic agents. Crises reflect the consequences of disturbed skeletal muscle calcium homeostasis. MH is an autosomal dominant, genetically heterogeneous trait. Defects in a single major gene have been assumed to determine susceptibility status in individual families. However, in some...
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