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Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility diagnosed with a family-specific ryanodine receptor gene type 1 mutation.
Journal of anesthesia - 1 Jan 2008
Tanabe Takahiro, Fukusaki Makoto, Terao Yoshiaki, Yamashita Kazunori, Sumikawa Koji, Mukaida Keiko, Ibarra Carlos A, Nishino Ichizo
Abstract excerpt
Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is an autosomal dominant disorder of skeletal muscle calcium regulation, and the rate of calcium-induced calcium release (CICR), determined by using skinned fibers of skeletal muscle, has been employed as a diagnostic test for MH susceptibility in Japan. The ryanodine...
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