Asymptomatic HyperCKemia: A Diagnostic Trap
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Asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic hyperCKemia: histopathologic correlates.
BACKGROUND Persistent creatine kinase elevation is occasionally encountered in subjects without any clinical manifestation of a neuromuscular disorder or any condition known to be associated with increased serum CK levels. It is still unresolved whether extensive investigations and specifically a muscle biopsy should be performed in clinically normal individuals with elevated CK levels. OBJEC...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2168-8184
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.12791