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Comment on “Overlapping Mechanisms of Exertional Heat Stroke and Malignant Hyperthermia: Evidence vs. Conjecture”

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  1. Malignant Hyperthermia Investigation Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Luuk R. van den Bersselaar & Marc M. J. Snoeck

  2. Department of Neurology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Luuk R. van den Bersselaar, Nick Kruijt & Nicol C. Voermans

  3. Department of Physiology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Coen C. W. G. Bongers

  4. Department of Paediatric Neurology, Neuromuscular Service, Evelina’s Children Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Heinz Jungbluth

  5. Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, IoPPN, King’s College, London, UK

    Heinz Jungbluth

  6. Randall Division for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, Muscle Signalling Section, King’s College, London, UK

    Heinz Jungbluth

  7. Department of Biomedicine, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    Susan Treves

  8. Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Malignant Hyperthermia Investigation Unit, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Sheila Riazi

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van den Bersselaar, L.R., Kruijt, N., Bongers, C.C.W.G. et al. Comment on “Overlapping Mechanisms of Exertional Heat Stroke and Malignant Hyperthermia: Evidence vs. Conjecture”. Sports Med 52, 669–672 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-021-01569-9

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