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Malignant Hyperthermia in China

Zhong-huang Xu, MD^*, Ai-lun Luo, MD^*, Xiang-yang Guo, MD^*, Hong-zhi Ren, MD^*, Ying-lin Wang, MD^*, Xue Zhang, PhD, Yu-guang Huang, MD^*, and Tie-hu Ye, MD^*

From the *Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital; and Department of Genetics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Ai-lun Luo, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China. Address e-mail to luoailun{at}pumch.ac.cn.

Malignant hyperthermia has rarely been reported in China. We report the first case of malignant hyperthermia, verified by caffeine–halothane contracture test and genetic testing, in a Chinese patient.