These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Serum creatine phosphokinase and pyruvate kinase in neuromuscular disorders and Duchenne dystrophy carriers.
    Author: Seay AR, Ziter FA, Wu LH, Wu JT.
    Journal: Neurology; 1978 Oct; 28(10):1047-50. PubMed ID: 570660.
    Abstract:
    Serum levels of creatine phosphokinase (CPK) and pyruvic kinase (PK) were determined in 42 controls, 57 patients with various neuromuscular disorders, and 23 female relatives of Duchenne dystrophy patients. CPK and PK enzyme activities were increased in comparable numbers of muscle disease patients and female carriers; there was no advantage in the combined use of the two tests. We did not confirm earlier reports suggesting that determination of PK is more valuable than CPK in carrier detection.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]