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CK-MM and ACE genotypes and physiological prediction of the creatine kinase response to exercise.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 Aug 2007
Heled Yuval, Bloom Michael S, Wu T John, Stephens Quiona, Deuster Patricia A
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Exertional rhabdomyolysis (ERB) is a syndrome of severe skeletal muscle breakdown. Blood levels of creatine kinase (CK) are widely used as a marker to reflect muscle breakdown. Some individuals exhibit extreme increases in blood CK after exercise and have been characterized as high responders (HR), but no clinical definition of HR exists and reasons for the HR phenomenon are not understood. This study...
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