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December 1977
Motor Unit Counting and the Caffeine Contracture Test in Malignant Hyperthermia
Beverley A. Britt, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C);
Beverley A. Britt, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)
*Associate Professor, Department of Anaesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Alan J. McComas, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.P.(C);
Alan J. McComas, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.P.(C)
†Professor of Neurology, Departments of Medicine and Neurology. McMaster University Medical Center. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Laszlo Endrenyi, Ph.D.;
Laszlo Endrenyi, Ph.D.
‡Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Werner Kalow, M.D.
Werner Kalow, M.D.
§Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Anesthesiology December 1977, Vol. 47, 490–497.
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Beverley A. Britt, Alan J. McComas, Laszlo Endrenyi, Werner Kalow; Motor Unit Counting and the Caffeine Contracture Test in Malignant Hyperthermia. Anesthesiology 1977; 47:490–497 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/00000542-197712000-00004
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