Duchenne gene carrier as cause of asymptomatic hyperckemia.
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Dr. Diogo Fraxino de Almeida – Avenida Independência 258/405 87015-020 Maringá PR Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Asymptomatic hyperCKemia can be a clinical challenge for physicians, although its long term prognosis seems benign. The causes usually include heavy exercise practice, muscle injury, drug-induced myopathy, chronic alcoholism, hypothyroidism, clinically silent myopathies, and susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia. A frequently missed cause in women is the carrier status of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy. We report a case and discuss its investigational approach.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
دوره 66 2B شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008