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...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-04-01
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Series: | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.OJRD.com/content/2/1/21 |