Article
[Serum butyrylcholinesterase variants in eastern Santiago population].
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Sept 1996
Acuña M, Martínez M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Succinylcholine causes prolonged apneas in a proportion if subjects that have genetical defect of butyrylcholinesterase, due to the presence of unusual alleles in the locus BCHE. AIM: To estimate allele frequencies of three variants of serum butyrylcholinesterase, BCHE*U, BCHE*A and BCHE*F in an urban population of Santiago, Chile. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Different phenotypes for the locus BCHE were...
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