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Novel ryanodine receptor mutation that may cause malignant hyperthermia.
Anesthesiology - 1 Sept 2008
Kaufmann Alexius, Kraft Birgit, Michalek-Sauberer Andrea, Weigl Lukas G
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BACKGROUND: Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a hypermetabolic condition caused by a genetic disposition leading to increased Ca release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum after exposure to triggering agents. In the authors' ongoing evaluation of patients undergoing MH testing in Austria, they detected a family with a new variant of the ryanodine receptor 1. Guidelines suggest that genetic tests are possible only for...
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