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Are children with Angelman syndrome at high risk for anesthetic complications?
Paediatric anaesthesia - 1 Mar 2012
Landsman Ira S, Mitzel Heather M, Peters Sarika U, Bichell Terry J
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OBJECTIVES/AIMS: To review seven children with Angelman syndrome (AS) undergoing 16 general anesthetics for both invasive and noninvasive procedures to determine if these children are at greater risk for anesthetic-related complications than the general population. BACKGROUND: Children with AS may exhibit unpredictable responses to GABA agonists because of abnormal GABA receptors. These abnormal receptors may...
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