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McArdle disease (myophosphorylase deficiency, glycogen storage disease type 5, GSD5, OMIM # 232600) is an inherited metabolic disorder of skeletal muscle. Affected patients suffer from genetically determined lack of the enzyme muscle glycogen phosphorylase, which is essential for glycogen
Carbohydrates (starches & sugars) are important muscle fuel for exercise at moderate to high intensities. Low glycogen content (stored form of carbohydrates in the body) is associated with fatigue. Thus, greater initial glycogen content has been associated with better performance not only in high
Nutritional therapy for diabetes mellitus is widely accepted as safe and affordable when compared to pharmacotherapy. However, the efficacy of the present state of nutritional therapy based on current recommendations is poor. It is estimated that nutritional therapy is able to reduce HbA1c levels by
BACKGROUND:
Neuromuscular diseases affect more than 5% of the population in Western countries. Some of the more rare neuromuscular disorders are patients with metabolic myopathies, which are hereditary disorders caused by enzymatic defects of intermediary metabolism. The disorders are generally
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According to WHO experts, WHZ and MUAC can be used independently to indicate severe acute malnutrition (WH. There is however a significant and sometimes huge discrepancy between these two criteria: they do not usually identify the same children as acutely malnourished;
Despite a longer time for bone healing and functional recovery, median sternotomy is still the most common approach in cardiac surgery. Sternal closure has traditionally been wire cerclage using stainless steel wires, however, new sternal fixation devices have been developed to improve sternal
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is the common name for a group of significantly debilitating medical conditions characterized by persistent fatigue and other specific symptoms that lasts for a minimum of six months in adults. Symptoms of CFS include malaise after exertion; unrefreshing sleep,
Background Some maternal blood loss normally occurs at the time of vaginal delivery. The best estimates indicate that a loss of approximately 500 mL is average, with a range of about 250-700 mL.[1,2] Some of this bleeding arises from birth canal lacerations or surgical incisions (i.e., episiotomy),
INTRODUCTION The effect of GH and IGF-I on the heart has been demonstrated in numerous experimental studies. GH and IGF-I receptors are expressed in cardiac myocytes, and IGF-I causes hypertrophy of cultured rat cardiomyocytes and delays cardiomyocyte apoptosis. In addition, GH and IGF-I have a
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BACKGROUND: In recent years, the need to achieve increasingly ambitious therapeutic goals for dyslipidemias has prompted the search for more potent pharmacological agents to lower circulating atherogenic lipoprotein concentrations and enhance reverse cholesterol transport (RCT). While