[Gene analysis of human cholinesterase variants].

Article

[Gene analysis of human cholinesterase variants].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Feb 1993

Muratani K, Hada T, Higashino K

Abstract excerpt

People with genetic variants of cholinesterase (ChE) have been reported to have prolonged apnea with the use of myorelaxant succinylcholine. For the silent type variant ChE, two cases of mutation have been reported. In one case, the exon 2 of ChE gene was disrupted by a 342 bp insertion of Alu el...

Topics

Cholinesterases
Chromosome Mapping
Dibucaine
Fluorides
Genetic Variation
Humans
Mutation
Point Mutation

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