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A study of muscle twitch responses, the effect of anaesthetic agents and the correlation with histology, histochemistry, electron microscopy and clinical presentation

A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Physiotherapy in the Faculty of
Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, 1980 / Studies were carried out on muscle specimens from patients with
various neuromuscular disorders, including malignant hyperthermia carriers
, in order to determine the value of muscle tension tests in the
diagnosis of malignant hyperthermia. I t was found that when the
results of muscle tension studies were considered together with those
of other tests, this technique facilitate d the detection of malignant
hyperthermia carriers . When used alone, however, the study of muscle
tension could not be regarded as infallibly predictive .

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/18101
Date January 2015
CreatorsRalph, Jane Louise Markus
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatapplication/pdf

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