McArdle's disease

McArdle's disease
McArdle's disease, McBurney's point see entries alphabetized as MC-
Mc·Ar·dle's disease mək-'ärd-əlz- n glycogen storage disease that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, is marked esp. by muscle weakness and myoglobinuria, and is caused by deficiency of a phosphorylase normally present in skeletal muscle called also McArdle's syndrome
McArdle Brian (1911-2002)
British physician. McArdle served on the staff of the department of chemical pathology at a London hospital. He was the author of articles on diseases of the muscle. In 1951 he published a paper on myopathy due to a defect in muscle glycogen breakdown. His report was based on the study of a 30-year-old male who had had the disease since childhood.

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an inborn error of metabolism in which a deficiency of the enzyme myophosphorylase prevents the breakdown of glycogen to lactate in exercising muscle. This results in fatigue, pain, and cramps in exercising muscles. The only treatment is avoidance of sustained or excessive exercise.
B. McArdle (20th century), British biochemist

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