Malignant Hyperthermia

Test Information
Test Name Malignant Hyperthermia
Lab (Location) University Health Network
Category Neurogenetics, Pharmacogenetics
Subcategory Malignant Hyperthermia
Gene/Platform/Region List CACNA1S, RYR1
Test type Gene Panel
Samples Accepted Blood, DNA, Saliva
Indications Diagnosis Diagnosis, Carrier / Cascade Testing
Test Methodology CNV, Sequencing
Diseases/Conditions Malignant Hyperthermia, Hyperpyrexia, periodic paralysis, rhabdomyolysis
Notes Saliva samples must be provided in oragene, OG-600 kits; UHN does not provide collection kits but they can be obtained directly from DNA genotek (www.dnagenotek.com)