The clinically important article by Antons et al.
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places great weight on use of the creatinine kinase test in their algorithm (Figure
2). I have been interested in whether there is any alternative testing that might
be more clinically reliable.
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Have the authors any experience with alternative blood testing in light of their
described limits in creatinine kinase testing?To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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References
- Clinical perspectives of statin-induced rhabdomyolysis.Am J Med. 2006; 119: 400-409
- Statin-associated myopathy with normal creatinine kinase levels.Ann Intern Med. 2003; 138 (1007): 12
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