Article
Plasma cholinesterase: gene and variations.
Anesthesia and analgesia - 1 Aug 1993
Pantuck E J
Abstract excerpt
The traditional tests that have been used for the past 30 yr to determine plasma cholinesterase phenotype--measurement of esterase activity with a variety of substrates, dibucaine inhibition, fluoride inhibition, and Ro2-0683 inhibition--are inadequate for identifying some variants of this enzyme and leave many cases of prolonged response to succinylcholine unexplained. The application of the techniques of...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
