Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD A creatine kinase (CK) test measures the levels of the enzyme in your blood.If you have high CK levels, this can be a sign of damage to the muscles, heart, or ...

Results of a Phase 1/2a gene therapy clinical trial in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) revealed a significant decrease in levels of serum creatine kinase, an enzyme biomarker ...

Although treatment with statins may cause muscle-related symptoms in 10 to 20% of patients, these symptoms usually resolve within weeks after the medication is stopped. In rare instances, however, the ...

We analysed data from 295 patients treated at our institution within 25 phase I trials which included CK measurements in the protocol. Trials involved drugs targeting EGFR/HER2, m-TOR, VEGFR, SRC/ABL, ...

Statins are a class of lipid-lowering drugs. They are normally well tolerated; however, some studies have attributed statins to several side effects including an increased level of creatine kinase. A ...

Patients experiencing muscle pain and weakness as a result of statin treatment may continue to suffer symptoms long after stopping the drugs, French researchers reported. Almost a third of patients ...

Muscle-cell necrosis and infiltration of macrophages are characteristic features of muscle-biopsy specimens from patients with statin-associated autoimmune myopathy. Hematoxylin and eosin staining of ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Creatine kinase (CK, EC 2.7.3.2) has recently been identified as the intermediate isoelectric point species (pl 6.5-6.8) of the M r ...