Retrospective study of a large population of patients with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic raised serum creatine kinase levels

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-311

  Prelle, Alessandro ^d   Tancredi, Lucia ^d   Sciacco, Monica ^d   Chiveri, Luca ^d   Comi, Giacomo P ^d   Battistel, Alessandro ^d   Bazzi, Paola ^d   Boneschi, Filippo Martinelli ^a   Bagnardi, Vincenzo ^b   Ciscato, Patrizia ^d   Bordoni, Andreina ^d   Fortunato, Franco ^d   Strazzer, Sandra ^d   Bresolin, Nereo ^c   Scarlato, Guglielmo ^d   Moggio, Maurizio ^d  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

HyperCKemia; Muscle disease; Serum creatine kinase

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; MYOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACIDS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTIC ACID; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 18344373838     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150200010     Document Type: Article

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