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What To Know About Creatine Kinase and Testing
Creatine phosphokinase (CPK), also known as creatine kinase (CK), is a type of enzyme. Enzymes are proteins that catalyze (speed up) chemical reactions in your body. CK plays an important role in ...
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Specificity of Creatine Phosphokinase
SOME of the properties of the enzyme creatine phosphokinase have recently been described 1; but no experiments were reported on the activity of the enzyme with substrates other than adenosine tri ...
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Cardiac Enzymes / Cardiac Biomarkers Topic Review
Creatine kinase ― also known as creatine phosphokinase, or CPK ― is a muscle enzyme that exists as isoenzymes. The MB type is specific to myocardial cells, whereas MM and BB are specific to ...
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Isometric exercise increases strength and does not produce sustained creatinine phosphokinase increases in a patient with polymyositis.
He demonstrated a significant increase in isometric peak torque without a sustained rise in creatinine phosphokinase (CPK). A significant decrease in postexercise CPK occurred at the end of the ...
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Benign Acute Childhood Myositis Associated with Influenza
A retrospective study covering five years found that out of 174 cases with elevated creatine phosphokinase (CPK) levels, 100 were consistent with BACM. The most common symptoms included bilateral ...
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Amicar Oral Solution
Cardiac, hepatic or renal disease. Risk of myopathy with long-term use; monitor creatine phosphokinase (CPK); discontinue if CPK rises. Avoid rapid IV administration. Neonates. Pregnancy (Cat.C).