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Cold Induced Rhabdomyolysis in Carnitine Palmyityl Transferase Deficiency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

A.K.W. Brownell*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Medicine, Pathology, and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
D.L. Severson
Affiliation:
Divisions of Medicine, Pathology, and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
C.D. Thompson
Affiliation:
Divisions of Medicine, Pathology, and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
T. Fletcher
Affiliation:
Divisions of Medicine, Pathology, and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
*
University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, 2920-24 Ave. N.W., Calgary T2N 1N4, Canada
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A case of carnitine palmityl transferase deficiency in skeletal muscle is described. The usual symptoms associated with this disease (recurrent muscle cramps or pain and pigmenturia) were not observed but sudden exposure to cold precipitate rhabdomyolysis in this patient.

Type
Case Report
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1979

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