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Editorial
. 2025 Jul-Aug;75(4):844645.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjane.2025.844645. Epub 2025 May 28.

Keeping it in the family: malignant hyperthermia - how we predict, recognise and treat it

Jonathan G Bilmen  1 , Pawan K Gupta  2
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Editorial

Keeping it in the family: malignant hyperthermia - how we predict, recognise and treat it

Jonathan G Bilmen et al. Braz J Anesthesiol. 2025 Jul-Aug.
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Conflicts of interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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