Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC) is a multidisciplinary research team that incorporates the fundamental, clinical and translational research activities of 11 research laboratories of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Antwerp.
Aim of the laboratory : diagnosis of Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) susceptibility by means of in vitro contracture testing according to the protocol of the European MH Group (www.emhg.org); detection of associated structural myopathies; clinical counselling concerning MH-susceptibility; genetic counselling.
