Absence of malignant hyperthermia contractures in Becker‐Duchenne dystrophy at age 2

Muscle & Nerve

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 52-56

  Gronert, Gerald A ^a   Fowler, William ^a   Cardinet, George H ^a   Grix, Arthur ^a   Ellis, William G ^a   Schwartz, Marshall Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Becker dystrophy; caffeine contractures; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; halothane contractures; hyperthermia, malignant; malignant hyperthermia; myopathy

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CASE REPORT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES;

EID: 0026595553     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.880150110     Document Type: Article

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