Identification of risk factors for exertional heat illness: a brief commentary on genetic testing.

@article{Muldoon2007IdentificationOR,
  title={Identification of risk factors for exertional heat illness: a brief commentary on genetic testing.},
  author={Sheila M. Muldoon and Rolf Bunger and Patricia A. Deuster and Nyamkhishig Sambuughin},
  journal={Journal of sport rehabilitation},
  year={2007},
  volume={16 3},
  pages={
          222-6
        }
}
OBJECTIVE This commentary discusses known links between Exertional Heat Illness (EHI), Malignant Hyperthermia (MH), and other hereditary diseases of muscle. Genetic and functional testing is also evaluated as measures of fitness to return to duty/play. DATA SOURCES Reviews and research articles from Sports Medicine, Applied Physiology, and Anesthesiology. DATA EXTRACTION Detailed comparisons of existing literature regarding clinical cases of EHI and MH and the potential utility of genetic… 
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