RYR1 Mutations, Exertional Myalgia and Rhabdomyolysis

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-7-3

Keywords:

Ryanodine Receptor Gene, Malignant Hyperthermia, Rhabdomyolysis

Abstract

Investigators at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK, and other centers sequenced RYR1 in 39 unrelated families with rhabdomyolysis and/or exertional myalgia and identified 9 heterozygous RYR1 mutations in 14 families, 5 of them previously associated with malignant hyperthermia (MH).

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Published

2013-07-01

Issue

Section

Myopathies