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Male preponderance of patients testing positive for malignant hyperthermia susceptibility.
Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica - 1 May 2007
Islander G, Rydenfelt K, Ranklev E, Bodelsson M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility is diagnosed using an in vitro contracture test (IVCT). In families in which the mutation is known, genetic tests are also available. The inheritance pattern is regarded as autosomal dominant, which predicts equal proportions of men and women affected. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there were sex differences in the diagnostic outcome of the 1407...
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