Creatine phosphokinase in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

Abstract

Study of the serum creatine kinase levels in young patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy suggests that enzyme assay may be valuable as a screening procedure for assessing the status of relatives of an affected individual who have no previous clinical history, and that consequently it may be of use in genetic counselling.

• Authors: B P Hughes
• Journal: British medical journal (Br Med J) Vol. 3 Issue 5772 Pg. 464-5 (Aug 1971) ISSN: 0007-1447 [Print] England
• PMID: 5567771 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Creatine Kinase

Topics

• Adult
• Age Factors
• Chromosome Aberrations
• Chromosome Disorders
• Counseling
• Creatine Kinase (blood)
• Eugenics
• Facial Expression
• Facial Muscles
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Muscular Dystrophies (enzymology, genetics)
• Shoulder