Article
Malignant hyperthermia: an inherited disorder of skeletal muscle Ca+ regulation.
Bioscience reports - 1 Apr 2001
Louis C F, Balog E M, Fruen B R
Abstract excerpt
Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a pharmacogenetic disorder of skeletal muscle characterized by muscle contracture and life-threatening hypermetabolic crisis following exposure to halogenated anesthetics and depolarizing muscle relaxants during surgery. Susceptibility to MH results from mutations i...
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