Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 403-405 , June 2009

The second wind phenomenon in very young McArdle’s patients

  • Margarita Pérez

      Affiliations

    • Universidad Europea de Madrid (Polideportivo), 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Jonatan R. Ruiz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at NOVUM, Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • María Fernández del Valle

      Affiliations

    • Universidad Europea de Madrid (Polideportivo), 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Gisela Nogales-Gadea

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Spain
    • ,
  • Antoni L. Andreu

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Spain
    • ,
  • Joaquín Arenas

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Spain
    • ,
  • Alejandro Lucía

      Affiliations

    • Universidad Europea de Madrid (Polideportivo), 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 91 664 78 00; fax: +34 91 616 82 65.

Received 7 December 2008 ,Revised 10 April 2009 ,Accepted 16 April 2009.

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PII: S0960-8966(09)00115-1

doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.04.010

Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 403-405 , June 2009

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