McArdle's Syndrome with Previously Unreported Electrocardiographic and Serum Enzyme Abnormalities
Authors: GERALD RATINOV
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Case Studies1 February 1965McArdle's Syndrome with Previously Unreported Electrocardiographic and Serum Enzyme AbnormalitiesGERALD RATINOV, WILLIAM P. BAKER, KENNETH F. SWAIMAN, M.D.GERALD RATINOVSearch for more papers by this author, WILLIAM P. BAKERSearch for more papers by this author, KENNETH F. SWAIMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-62-2-328 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1951, a metabolic myopathy due to deficient glycogen breakdown in skeletal muscle was described by McArdle (1). The responsible enzymatic deficiency in similar cases was not demonstrated until 1959. Pearson and associates (2-4) and Schmid and associates (5-7) demonstrated an absence of muscle phosphorylase in their cases. Since then several cases have been reported by various authors (8-12).This inborn error leads to insufficient glycogenosis and relative lack of formation of products of anaerobic metabolism. The serum lactic acid does not increase, and it may even decrease during exercise under these circumstances. This response to exercise is a simple...References1. MCARDLE B: Myopathy due to defect in muscle glycogen breakdown. Clin. Sci. 10: 13, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. MOMMAERTSILLINGWORTHPEARSONGUILLORYSERAYDARIAN WFBCMRJK: A functional disorder of muscle associated with the absence of phosphorylase. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 45: 791, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. PEARSONRENIERMOMMAERTS CMDGWF: Defect in muscle phosphorylase: a newly defined human disease. Clin. Res. 7: 298, 1959. Google Scholar4. PEARSONRENIERMOMMAERTS CMDGWF: A metabolism myopathy due to absence of muscle phosphorylase. Amer. J. Med. 30: 502, 1961. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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