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Genetic variation in RYR1 and malignant hyperthermia phenotypes.
British journal of anaesthesia - 1 Oct 2009
Carpenter D, Robinson R L, Quinnell R J, Ringrose C, Hogg M, Casson F, Booms P, Iles D E, Halsall P J, Steele D S, Shaw M-A, Hopkins P M
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BACKGROUND: Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is associated, in the majority of cases, with mutations in RYR1, the gene encoding the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor. Our primary aim was to assess whether different RYR1 variants are associated with quantitative differences in MH phenotype. METHODS: The degree of in vitro pharmacological muscle contracture response and the baseline serum creatine kinase (CK)...
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