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Rapid simultaneous genotyping of the frequent butyrylcholinesterase variants Asp70Gly and Ala539Thr with fluorescent hybridization probes.
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation - 1 Jan 2002
Gätke M R, Viby-Mogensen J, Bundgaard J R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The clinically important variants of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) are the A- (Asp70Gly) and K-variants (Ala539Thr), which are common among Caucasians. These variants are associated with abnormal drug metabolism during anaesthesia, which leads to a prolonged neuromuscular block following administration of the neuromuscular blocking agents, mivacurium and succinylcholine. In addition, the K-variant has...
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