TY - JOUR
T1 - Low Serum Creatine Phosphokinase Values in Patients with Acute Viral Hepatitis
AU - Rotenberg, Z.
AU - Weinberger, L.
AU - Fuchs, J.
AU - Davidson, E.
AU - Erdberg, A.
AU - Sperling, O.
AU - Agmon, J.
PY - 1984/4
Y1 - 1984/4
N2 - Low values of serum creatine phospbokinase (CPK) were found in a group of 27 patients suffering from acute viral hepatitis. The values were significantly lower than CPK values in a group of 25 patients with extra hepatic obstructive jaundice (23.3 ± 32.1 versus 163 ± 43 U/L, p < 0.001). CPK values in the hepatitis group when recovered (6 months after hospitalization) were much higher than the mean CPK levels in the same group during the acute illness (178 ± 28 versus 23.3 ± 32.1 U/L, p < 0.001) and were the same as a control group of 26 healthy volunteers (179 ± 28 versus 179 ± 20.9 U/L). Similar results were found when the groups were divided into separate male and female groups. Serum CPK values, thus, were found to be a useful diagnostic tool to distinguish between patients with intrahepatic jaundice due to acute viral hepatitis and patients with extra hepatic obstructive jaundice.
AB - Low values of serum creatine phospbokinase (CPK) were found in a group of 27 patients suffering from acute viral hepatitis. The values were significantly lower than CPK values in a group of 25 patients with extra hepatic obstructive jaundice (23.3 ± 32.1 versus 163 ± 43 U/L, p < 0.001). CPK values in the hepatitis group when recovered (6 months after hospitalization) were much higher than the mean CPK levels in the same group during the acute illness (178 ± 28 versus 23.3 ± 32.1 U/L, p < 0.001) and were the same as a control group of 26 healthy volunteers (179 ± 28 versus 179 ± 20.9 U/L). Similar results were found when the groups were divided into separate male and female groups. Serum CPK values, thus, were found to be a useful diagnostic tool to distinguish between patients with intrahepatic jaundice due to acute viral hepatitis and patients with extra hepatic obstructive jaundice.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1984.tb05158.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1984.tb05158.x
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AN - SCOPUS:0021246126
SN - 0002-9270
VL - 79
SP - 276
EP - 279
JO - American Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - American Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 4
ER -
