Metabolic myopathy.

RECENT years have witnessed a considerably increased interest in disorders of muscle, resulting in large measure from the advent of new investigative techniques. This has led both to the clarification of the nature of known disorders and to the definition of new syndromes. In this review, a brief survey is given of current knowledge concerning myopathic disorders arising from metabolic disturbances. Since the basis of many muscle diseases is not yet understood, the inclusion of certain conditions and the omission of others is to some extent arbitrary.