In vitro contracture test for diagnosis of malignant hyperthermia following the protocol of the European MH Group: Results of testing patients surviving fulminant MH and unrelated low‐risk subjects

Ørding, Helle; Brancadoro, Virginia; Cozzolino, Santolo; ELLIS, F.R.; Glauber, V; F. Gonano, E.; Halsall, P.J.; Härtung, E.; Heffron, J.J.A.; Heytens, Luc; Kozak‐Ribbens, G.; G. Kress, Hans; KRTVOSIC‐HORBER, R.; Lehmann‐Horn, F.; Mortier, W.; Nivoche, Y.; Ranklev-Twetman, Eva; B. Sigurðsson, Stefán; Snoeck, Marc; Stieglitz, P; Tegazzin, Vincenzo; Urwyler, A.; Wappler, Frank

doi:10.1111/j.1399-6576.1997.tb04820.x

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In vitro contracture test for diagnosis of malignant hyperthermia following the protocol of the European MH Group: Results of testing patients surviving fulminant MH and unrelated low‐risk subjects

Published in Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica • Sep 1, 1997

Authors:

Helle Ørding

Virginia Brancadoro

Santolo Cozzolino

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Determination of sensitivity and specificity of the in vitro contracture test (IVCT) for malignant hyperthermia (MH) susceptibility using the European MH Group (EMHG) protocol has been performed in some laboratories but only on a small sample from the combined EMHG. Thus, the purpose of ...

Subject

Medicine

Fulminant

Malignant hyperthermia

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