Racial variation in serum creatine kinase levels

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 462-464

  Johnston, J D ^a   Lloyd, M ^a   Mathews, J A ^a   Hawthorne, S W ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEGRO; NORMAL VALUE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMYOSITIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 0029840482     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689608900811     Document Type: Article

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