Muscle biopsy in the evaluation of patients with modestly elevated creatine kinase levels

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 242-244

  Simmons, Zachary ^a   Peterlin, B Lee ^a   Boyer, Philip J ^a   Towfighi, Javad ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; HyperCKemia; Metabolic myopathy; Muscle biopsy; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMP DEAMINASE; BIOPSY; CARNITINE O-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PHOSPHORYLASE KINASE;

EID: 0037311248     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10292     Document Type: Article

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