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Malignant hyperthermia and central core disease causative mutations in Swedish patients.
Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica - 1 Jan 2007
Broman M, Islander G, Müller C R, Ranklev-Twetman E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Malignant hyperthermia (MH) susceptibility is a pharmacogenetic disorder of intracellular calcium homeostasis. In susceptible individuals, halogenated anaesthetics and/or suxamethonium may trigger an MH reaction. The diagnosis of MH susceptibility is made by an in vitro contracture test of biopsied muscle strips. METHODS: In 27 MH susceptible (MHS) probands and four MH negative (MHN) probands, exons...
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