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Anesthesia-induced rhabdomyolysis in infants with unsuspected Duchenne dystrophy. Acta Paediatr 1992 Sep;81(9):716-9

Date

09/01/1992

Pubmed ID

1421917

DOI

10.1111/j.1651-2227.1992.tb12344.x

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0026660948 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   26 Citations

Abstract

Anesthesia-induced rhabdomyolysis in infancy may represent an unsuspected Duchenne dystrophy. In order to establish the diagnosis of this genetic disease more definitively, a dystrophin test is a requisite following the conventional creatine kinase test and light and electron microscopies of the muscle biopsy.

Author List

Tang TT, Oechler HW, Siker D, Segura AD, Franciosi RA

Author

Annette D. Segura MD Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Pathology department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Anesthesia, General
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Microscopy, Electron
Muscles
Muscular Dystrophies
Rhabdomyolysis