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What does CK stand for?

Creatine Kinase (blood test)


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Myositis can also be detected by raised levels of creatine kinase in the blood, maybe five times normal levels.
All of the athletes increased their daily training times during the intensified training, regardless of post-exercise beverage yet after two and four days of intensified training, chocolate milk drinkers had significantly lower levels of creatine kinase - an indicator of muscle damage - compared to when they drank the carbohydrate beverage.
Hypothyroid myopathy with a strikingly elevated serum creatine kinase level.
His serum creatine kinase (CK) level was 12218 IU/L.
The tests showed a very high creatine kinase, which was an indicator for muscle damage, particularly heart and skeletal muscle, very high potassium and very low sodium levels.
His creatine kinase was more than 21,000 U/L, and his white blood cell count was elevated.
The creatine kinase (CK) level was 13,918 IU/L at admission and increased to above 16,000 IU/L the following day.
CK will always be letters on a pair of underpants to me; creatine kinase is destined to remain a mystery.

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