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RYR1-related malignant hyperthermia with marked cerebellar involvement - a paradigm of heat-induced CNS injury?
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Feb 2015
Forrest Katharine M L, Foulds Nicola, Millar John S, Sutherland Paul D, Pappachan V John, Holden Samantha, Mein Rachael, Hopkins Philip M, Jungbluth Heinz
Abstract excerpt
Heat-induced CNS injury has been recognized for more than 50 years but the biological basis for the marked selectivity of CNS damage is currently uncertain. We present clinical, imaging, autopsy and genetic findings of a 14-year-old male who developed fatal cerebellar swelling in the course of a malignant hyperthermia (MH) episode caused by triggering anaesthetics. Unaccustomed intense exercise in the days prior...
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