[Malignant hyperthermia. The ugly].

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The term "malignant hyperthermia" (MH), regarded as the typical anaesthetic disease, refers to a clinical syndrome of varying intensity (from abortive courses to fulminant crises) and develops only under exposure of certain triggering substances or mechanisms. MH is caused by a defect in the ryanodine receptor subtype 1, which can often be proved genetically. Furthermore, it may also be generated by other...

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