A significant association was identified in OCD patients near a gene called protein
tyrosine phosphokinase (PTPRD).
Creatinine phosphokinase (CK) is not stable in your pet's blood stream, so when its level is high, veterinarians know that the muscle damage was recent - or is still in progress.
The most common such adverse events seen in more than 5 % of patients in the combination group included increased γ - glutamyltransferase (9 %), increased
creatine phosphokinase (7 %), and hypertension (6 %).
To calculate breakdown of muscle protein the researchers also took weekly measurements of three biochemicals that show up in the blood or urine when muscle is being broken down by exercise: plasma creatine
phosphokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, and urinary 3 - methylhisti - dine, respectively.
The dogs that we have examined early in the course of the disease have shown elevations in serum creatine
phosphokinase, a muscle enzyme.
588 adults (mean age 60.0 (SD 11.1) years; 70 % male) admitted to hospital with suspected myocardial infarction (MI) who were found to meet WHO criteria for MI plus two of the following on screening: characteristic ECG changes, history of typical chest pain or serial increase in creatine
phosphokinase (CPK) to twice or more the normal limits.