dc.contributor.author | Wei, N. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Pavlidis, Nicholas | en |
dc.contributor.author | Tsokos, G. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Elin, R. J. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Plotz, P. H. | en |
dc.creator | Wei, N. | en |
dc.creator | Pavlidis, Nicholas | en |
dc.creator | Tsokos, G. | en |
dc.creator | Elin, R. J. | en |
dc.creator | Plotz, P. H. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-22T09:53:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-22T09:53:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1981 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/41847 | |
dc.description.abstract | We have noted that values for serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) are frequently low in patients with connective tissue diseases. Geometric mean values were 96.0 units/L among 121 disease-free males and 50.2 units/L among 63 disease-free females. The geometric mean values were 31.7 units/L in 11 males and 35.2 units/L in 49 females with systemic lupus erythematosus; 15.1 units/L in three males and 13.0 units/L in ten females with rheumatoid arthritis; and 41.6 units/L in 19 females with Sjogren's syndrome. Values within the normal range may occur in the face of active myositis in these illnesses. Findings of a low serum CPK value may occur in the absence of steroid treatment. Thus, a low serum CPK value is frequently found in patients with connective tissue disease and a normal value should not dissuade one from the diagnosis of myositis. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.source | Journal of the American Medical Association | en |
dc.subject | Adult | en |
dc.subject | Female | en |
dc.subject | Male | en |
dc.subject | Humans | en |
dc.subject | Major clinical study | en |
dc.subject | Arthritis | en |
dc.subject | Rheumatoid | en |
dc.subject | Rheumatoid arthritis | en |
dc.subject | Sjogren's syndrome | en |
dc.subject | Human cell | en |
dc.subject | Lupus erythematosus | en |
dc.subject | Systemic | en |
dc.subject | Systemic lupus erythematosus | en |
dc.subject | Sjoegren syndrome | en |
dc.subject | Reference values | en |
dc.subject | Ligament | en |
dc.subject | Connective tissue diseases | en |
dc.subject | Creatine kinase | en |
dc.subject | Muscles | en |
dc.subject | Myositis | en |
dc.title | Clinical significance of low creatine phosphokinase values in patients with connective tissue disease | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1001/jama.246.17.1921 | |
dc.description.volume | 246 | |
dc.description.issue | 17 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 1921 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 1923 | |
dc.author.faculty | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.author.department | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Pavlidis, Nicholas [0000-0002-2195-9961] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-2195-9961 | |