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The effects of dantrolene in the presence or absence of ryanodine receptor type 1 variants in individuals predisposed to malignant hyperthermia.
Anaesthesia and intensive care - 1 Jul 2022
Noda Yuko, Mukaida Keiko, Miyoshi Hirotsugu, Nakamura Ryuji, Yasuda Toshimichi, Saeki Noboru, Nishino Ichizo, Tsutsumi Yasuo M
Abstract excerpt
Dantrolene is currently the only drug known to specifically treat malignant hyperthermia (MH) crises. Although dantrolene attenuates Ca2+ disorders by acting mainly on the ryanodine receptor type 1 (RYR1), some patients who manifest MH without RYR1 variants have also been successfully treated with dantrolene. Thus, dantrolene appears to have an inhibitory effect on patients with and without RYR1 variants. This...
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