Abstract
A Chinese patient was hypersensitive to a therapeutic dose of suxamethonium because of a genetically determined quantitative and qualitative abnormality of plasma pseudocholinesterase.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Anesthesia, Intravenous
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Apnea / chemically induced*
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Butyrylcholinesterase / blood
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China / ethnology
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Humans
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Male
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Succinylcholine / adverse effects*
Substances
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Butyrylcholinesterase
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Succinylcholine