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Is there a link between malignant hyperthermia and exertional heat illness?
Exercise and sport sciences reviews - 1 Oct 2004
Muldoon Sheila, Deuster Patricia, Brandom Barbara, Bunger Rolf
Abstract excerpt
Exertional heat illness (EHI) and malignant hyperthermia (MH) are two potentially lethal conditions. It has been suggested that a subset of MH susceptible persons may be predisposed to EHI. We examine the current understanding of these disorders and explore evidence of a relationship. Screening for the muscle type I ryanodine receptor gene should help clarify the relationship between MH and EHI.
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