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Screening for mutations in the RYR1 gene in families with malignant hyperthermia.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Jan 2003
Muniz Viviane P, Silva Helga C A, Tsanaclis Ana Maria C, Vainzof Mariz
Abstract excerpt
Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a potentially lethal pharmacogenetic predisposition associated with a susceptibility to volatile anesthetics and depolarizing muscle relaxants that lead to a fulminant anesthetic crisis with hyperthermia, skeletal muscle rigidity, respiratory and metabolic acidosis,...
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