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Idiopathic hyperCKemia and malignant hyperthermia susceptibility.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie - 1 Dec 2017
Santos Joilson M, Andrade Pamela V, Galleni Leonardo, Vainzof Mariz, Sobreira Claudia F R, Schmidt Beny, Oliveira Acary S B, Amaral José L G, Silva Helga C A
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PURPOSE: HyperCKemia is a persistent rise in serum creatine kinase (CK) levels of at least 1.5 times the normal value, as evidenced by a minimum of two measurements at 30-day intervals. One of the neuromuscular diseases associated with hyperCKemia is malignant hyperthermia (MH). This study investigated the susceptibility to MH in patients with hyperCKemia via in vitro contracture testing (IVCT) and a search of...
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