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Identification and biochemical characterization of a novel ryanodine receptor gene mutation associated with malignant hyperthermia.
Anesthesiology - 1 Feb 2008
Anderson Ayuk A, Brown Rosemary L, Polster Brenda, Pollock Neil, Stowell Kathryn M
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BACKGROUND: Mutations in the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor gene may result in altered calcium release from sarcoplasmic reticulum stores, giving rise to malignant hyperthermia (MH). MH is a pharmacogenetic skeletal muscle disorder triggered by volatile anesthetics and depolarizing muscle relaxants. Diagnosis of MH is by in vitro contracture testing of quadriceps muscle. DNA analysis of causative mutations is...
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