THE GENETIC BACKGROUND TO MALIGNANT HYPERPYREXIA REVEALED BY SERUM CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE ESTIMATIONS IN ASYMPTOMATIC RELATIVES

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Abstract
The familial aspects of malignant hyperpyrexia, are discussed and a method for identifying the asymptomatic carriers of this disorder presented. The serum creatine phosphokinase levels have helped to establish the genetically-determined myopathic background of this disorder. Ninety-nine members over four generations have so far been studied and data concerning sixty-nine are presented in this paper.

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