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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 937479, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/937479
Research Article

Effects of Theophylline on Anesthetized Malignant Hyperthermia-Susceptible Pigs

Marko Fiege, Ralf Weisshorn, Kerstin Kolodzie, Frank Wappler, and Mark U. Gerbershagen

Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Itzehoe, Robert-Koch-Straβe 2, 25524 Itzehoe, Germany

Received 12 May 2011; Accepted 23 August 2011

Academic Editor: Lars Larsson

Copyright © 2011 Marko Fiege et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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