Functional Characterization of a Central Core Disease RyR1 Mutation (p.Y4864H) Associated with Quantitative Defect in RyR1 Protein.

Background: Central Core Disease (CCD) is a congenital myopathy often resulting from a mutation in RYR1 gene. Mutations in RyR1 can increase or decrease channel activity, or induce a reduction in the amount of protein. The consequences of a single mutation are sometimes multiple and the analysis of the functional effects is complex.

Recent advances in the diagnosis of malignant hyperthermia susceptibility: how confident can we be of genetic testing?

Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a condition that manifests in susceptible individuals only on exposure to certain anaesthetic agents. Although genetically heterogeneous, mutations in the RYR1 gene (19q13.1) are associated with the majority of reported MH cases.

[Cerebral angiography: a study of complications in 450 consecutive procedures].

Purpose: To evaluate all types of complications, both minor and major, associated with modern cerebral angiography.

Materials And Methods: A prospective study of 450 consecutive cerebral angiographic procedures is reported.

Results: One patient (0.

Early onset pneumonia in neurosurgical intensive care unit patients.

To investigate early onset pneumonia in a neurosurgical intensive care unit, we studied a cohort of patients over a 13-month period and compared neurotrauma (T) with non-neurotrauma (NT) patients. Data were abstracted from the infection surveillance database. Five hundred and sixty-five adults were hospitalized in the neurosurgical intensive care unit.