Article
Genetics of malignant hyperthermia.
TheScientificWorldJournal - 28 Dec 2006
Brandom Barbara W
Abstract excerpt
Study of the genetics of the malignant hyperthermia syndrome began in families in which both malignant hyperthermia (MH) episodes had been experienced and individuals had strongly positive contracture tests diagnostic of susceptibility to MH. Linkage studies associated this MH phenotype to the ryanodine receptor gene (RYR1) at chromosome 19q13.1 in many families. Although the MH phenotype is not always linked to...
Topics
- Animals
- Calcium
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Malignant Hyperthermia
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Phenotype
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
- Swine
