Anaesthesia for Angelman syndrome.

Ramanathan, K R; Muthuswamy, D; Jenkins, B J · Anaesthesia · 2008

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe the administration of anaesthesia to a patient with Angelman syndrome, which is characterised by an abnormality of chromosome 15, where a subunit of the GABA receptor is coded. This has far-reaching anaesthetic implications as many drugs used in anaesthesia are thought to act via GABA receptors. Our patient had an uneventful peri-operative period and was discharged home on the second postoperative day.

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