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January 1992
Prediction of Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibility in Low-risk Subjects An Epidemiologic Investigation of Caffeine Halothane Contracture Responses
Marilyn Green Larach, M.D., F.A.A.P.;
Marilyn Green Larach, M.D., F.A.A.P.
*Director, The North American Malignant Hyperthermia Registry; Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.
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J. Richard Landis, Ph.D.;
J. Richard Landis, Ph.D.
†Professor of Biostatistics, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.
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Joan Schaeffer Bunn, B.S.;
Joan Schaeffer Bunn, B.S.
‡Biostatistician, Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.
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Marcela Diaz, M.D.
Marcela Diaz, M.D.
§Postdoctoral Fellow in Anesthesia, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.
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The North American Malignant Hyperthermia Registry¶
¶The North American Malignant Hyperthermia Registry: Cleveland Clinic (Hiroshi Mitsumoto, M.D.; Glenn E. DeBoer, M.D.); Hahnemann University (Jeffrey E. Fletcher, Ph.D.; Henry Rosenberg, M.D.); Mayo Clinic (Denise J. Wedel, M.D.); Ottawa Civic Hospital (Gregory Allen, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.); Presbyterian University Hospital (Marshall Millman M.D., Ph.D.); Toronto General Hospital (Beverley A. Britt, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.); Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (Sheila M. Muldoon, M.D.); University of California at Davis (Gerald A. Gronert, M.D.); University of California at Los Angeles (Jordan D. Miller, M.D.); University of Manitoba (Deepak D. Bose, M.D., Ph.D.; Leena R. Patel, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.); University of Massachusetts Medical Center (Barbara E. Waud, M.D.); University of Nebraska (Dennis F. Landers, M.D., Ph.D.); University of South Florida (Richard F. Kaplan, M.D.); University of Texas Health Science Center (Thomas E. Nelson, Ph.D.); University of Washington (Judy Y. Su, Ph.D.; Lawrence E. Jacobson, M.D.); University of Wisconsin (John F. Kreul, M.D.). Registry Site: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; Chairman: Gerald A. Gronert, M.D.; Secretary-Treasurer: Thomas E. Nelson, Ph.D.; Director: Marilyn Green Larach, M.D.
Anesthesiology January 1992, Vol. 76, 16–27.
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Marilyn Green Larach, J. Richard Landis, Joan Schaeffer Bunn, Marcela Diaz; Prediction of Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibility in Low-risk Subjects An Epidemiologic Investigation of Caffeine Halothane Contracture Responses. Anesthesiology 1992; 76:16–27 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/00000542-199201000-00003
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