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Anaesthesia challenges of a parturient with paramyotonia congenita and terminal filum lipoma presenting for labour and caesarean section under epidural anaesthesia – a case report

BACKGROUND: Paramyotonia congenita is a rare autosomal dominant myopathy which presents with periodic weakness due to cold and exercise. It is caused by mutations of the SCN4 gene which encodes the sodium channel in skeletal muscles. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a full term obstetric patient with bo...

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Autores principales: Siow, Wei Shyan, Chiew, Wan-Ling Alyssa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7890603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33602114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-021-01262-4