Malignant hyperthermia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a pharmacogenetic disorder of skeletal muscle that presents as a hypermetabolic response to potent volatile anesthetic gases such as halothane, sevoflurane, desflurane and the depolarizing muscle relaxant succinylcholine, and rarely...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pollock Neil, James Danielle, Davis Mark, Rosenberg Henry, Stowell Kathryn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-04-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Online Access:http://www.OJRD.com/content/2/1/21