Article
Plasma cholinesterase and abnormal reaction to succinylcholine: twenty years' experience with the Danish Cholinesterase Research Unit.
Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica - 1 Feb 1995
Jensen F S, Viby-Mogensen J
Abstract excerpt
For more than 20 years, the Danish Cholinesterase Research Unit (DCRU) has collected information about patients showing an abnormal response to succinylcholine. The purpose of this study was, on the basis of the 20 years' experiences with the Unit, to evaluate our clinical findings in patients re...
Topics
- Apnea
- Butyrylcholinesterase
- Cholinesterases
- Denmark
- Electric Stimulation
- Female
- Genes
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Muscle Contraction
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Neuromuscular Junction
- Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents
- Phenotype
