A rare but important cause for a raised serum creatine kinase concentration: Two case reports and a literature review [3]

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 186-188

  Galarraga, B ^a   Sinclair, D ^a   Fahie Wilson, M N ^b   McCrae, F C ^a   Hull, R G ^a   Ledingham, J M ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; MACROENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISOENZYMES; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINEMIAS;

EID: 0037238688     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg039     Document Type: Letter

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