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Distribution of cholinesterase activity in the population of Trinidad.
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology - 1 Mar 1996
Pinto Pereira L M, Clement Y, Telang B V
Abstract excerpt
The relation between the level or the quality of serum cholinesterase and susceptibility to succinylcholine-induced apnea is significant because the abnormality resides in a low affinity variant rather than in a quantitative deficiency. A population study was undertaken in Trinidad to determine the pattern of the cholinesterase phenotype, using quantitative biochemical tests and the dibucaine number. Of 1290...
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