Is There a Link between Exertional Heat Stroke and Susceptibility to Malignant Hyperthermia?
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Is There a Link between Exertional Heat Stroke and Susceptibility to Malignant Hyperthermia?
OBJECTIVE The identification of a predisposition toward malignant hyperthermia (MH) as a risk factor for exertional heat stroke (EHS) remains a matter of debate. Such a predisposition indicates a causal role for MH susceptibility (MHS) after EHS in certain national recommendations and has led to the use of an in vitro contracture test (IVCT) to identify the MHS trait in selected or unselected E...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135496