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Sequence capture and massively parallel sequencing to detect mutations associated with malignant hyperthermia.
British journal of anaesthesia - 1 Jan 2013
Schiemann A H, Dürholt E M, Pollock N, Stowell K M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a potentially fatal pharmacogenetic disorder in which intracellular calcium homeostasis in the skeletal muscle of susceptible individuals is disrupted upon exposure to halogenated anaesthetics. While MH is linked to the ryanodine receptor (RYR1) on chromosome 19 and the α1S subunit of the voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel (CACNA1S) on chromosome 1, mutations have...
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