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Ischemic exercise test: failure to detect partial expression of McArdle's disease.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Jan 2000
Taylor R G, Lieberman J S, Portwood M M
Abstract excerpt
The forearm ischemic exercise test (FIET) is a very important clinical tool for evaluation of patients suspected to have a metabolic disorder of muscle function. Failure to elevate lactate in blood washed out from ischemically exercised muscles confirms an abnormality of glycolytic metabolism. A normal increase of lactate on FIET is assumed to rule out a disorder of glycolytic metabolism. Two patients with low...
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