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A-Z of Neurological PracticeI

A-Z of Neurological Practice: I [This term was coined for persistently elevated serum levels of creatine kinase (CK) in apparently healthy individuals. A number of such individuals will harbor subclinical neuromuscular disease which may be elucidated by muscle biopsy, but some remain entirely normal, thereby meriting the diagnosis of “idiopathic hyperCKemia.” Cases with mutations of the caveolin 3 (CAV3) gene have been described, a condition that is allelic with rippling muscle disease (RMD), limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1C, and long QT syndrome type 9.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A-Z of Neurological PracticeI

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Publisher
Springer London
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© Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011
ISBN
978-1-84882-993-0
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351 –363
DOI
10.1007/978-1-84882-994-7_9
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Abstract

[This term was coined for persistently elevated serum levels of creatine kinase (CK) in apparently healthy individuals. A number of such individuals will harbor subclinical neuromuscular disease which may be elucidated by muscle biopsy, but some remain entirely normal, thereby meriting the diagnosis of “idiopathic hyperCKemia.” Cases with mutations of the caveolin 3 (CAV3) gene have been described, a condition that is allelic with rippling muscle disease (RMD), limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1C, and long QT syndrome type 9.]

Published: Sep 22, 2010

Keywords: Infective Endocarditis; Giant Cell Arteritis; Optic Nerve Head; Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy; Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

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