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Epigenetic allele silencing and variable penetrance of malignant hyperthermia susceptibility.
British journal of anaesthesia - 1 Aug 2009
Robinson R L, Carpenter D, Halsall P J, Iles D E, Booms P, Steele D, Hopkins P M, Shaw M-A
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BACKGROUND: Tissue-specific monoallelic silencing of the RYR1 gene has been proposed as an explanation for variable penetrance of dominant RYR1 mutations in malignant hyperthermia (MH). We examined the hypothesis that monoallelic silencing could explain the inheritance of an MH discordant phenotype in some instances. METHODS: We analysed parent-offspring transmission data from MH kindreds to assess whether there...
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