Seizure or syncope: The diagnostic value of serum creatine kinase and myoglobin levels

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 84-86

  Goksu, Erkan ^a   Oktay, Cem ^a   Kilicaslan, Isa ^a   Kartal, Mutlu ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; Emergency department; Myoglobin; Seizure; Syncope

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; MYOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CREATINE KINASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOGLOBIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 67649870635     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32830abe06     Document Type: Article

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