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      Anesthetic requirement is increased in redheads.

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          Age and body temperature alter inhalational anesthetic requirement; however, no human genotype is associated with inhalational anesthetic requirement. There is an anecdotal impression that anesthetic requirement is increased in redheads. Furthermore, red hair results from distinct mutations of the melanocortin-1 receptor. Therefore, the authors tested the hypothesis that the requirement for the volatile anesthetic desflurane is greater in natural redheaded than in dark-haired women.

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          Journal
          Anesthesiology
          Anesthesiology
          Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
          0003-3022
          0003-3022
          Aug 2004
          : 101
          : 2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Outcomes Research Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. USA
          Article
          NIHMS5915 00000542-200408000-00006
          10.1097/00000542-200408000-00006
          1362956
          15277908
          6cd5feb1-e26e-4b40-9431-f15de6c3c15e
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