Article
Mapping of a further malignant hyperthermia susceptibility locus to chromosome 3q13.1.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 1995
Sudbrak R, Procaccio V, Klausnitzer M, Curran J L, Monsieurs K, van Broeckhoven C, Ellis R, Heyetens L, Hartung E J, Kozak-Ribbens G
Abstract excerpt
Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a potentially lethal pharmacogenetic disease for which MH susceptibility (MHS) is transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. A potentially life-threatening MH crisis is triggered by exposure to commonly used inhalational anesthetics and depolarizing muscle relaxant...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3
- DNA, Satellite
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Malignant Hyperthermia
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Pedigree
