Malignant hyperthermia

and / or muscle relaxant drugs. Fortunately, despite its severity, it is a rather rare disease.

Unfortunately, there is no specific cure for malignant hyperthermia, but the speed of intervention is essential for the safety of the patient.

homologous, since - being a disease with autosomal dominant transmission - this will always prevail over the healthy (not mutated) allele.

Malignant hyperthermia, however, has a particular characteristic, that is, it occurs only if the patient is exposed to certain drugs or, more rarely, if subjected to considerable physical stress. Not surprisingly, this pathological condition is also defined as a " pharmaco-genetic syndrome ".