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The Israeli Diagnostic Center for Malignant Hyperthermia: 7-years' accumulated experience.
Israel journal of medical sciences - 1 Oct 1997
Glauber V, Ben Abraham R, Zweig A, Perel A
Abstract excerpt
Malignant hyperthermia (MH), a rare pharmacogenetic trait, can be lethal when susceptible individuals are exposed to triggering agents during general anesthesia. We present our experience with the caffeine-halothane in vitro contracture test (IVCT) for the diagnosis of malignant hyperthermia susceptibility. Out of 75 patients that were referred for consultation to the MH diagnostic center over a period of 7...
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