The incidence and significance of elevated serum levels of creatine phosphokinase (CPK) in febrile diseases were studied prospectively in all patients admitted with fever to a department of medicine ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Morphologic changes in a rat skeletal muscle cell line (L6) exposed for 1 h to the parenteral antibiotics amphotericin B (AMP), ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with cancer and immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced myocarditis had early signs of liver damage and ...

Q: I am a 69-year-old man. For my past three physical exams, my blood work has been excellent, except for the creatine phosphokinase; it has been rising steadily. It is now above 700. My activities ...

We report two cases of chronic GVHD presenting with polymyositis manifestations 13 and 19 months after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant, successfully treated with corticosteroids and ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I have been taking Lipitor for several years to lower my cholesterol count. However, for the past six months, I have repeatedly complained to my doctor about the severe muscle pain I ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband is 68. On a blood test in a doctor’s office, he had a CPK level of 694. He walks, on average, six miles per day, and drinks probably two or three glasses of wine four days a ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Since 2013, my CPK has been elevated. It was 488 in September 2013, and I was told to stay on atorvastatin for high cholesterol. In December 2013, the CPK was 533, and I stopped the ...