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Why would need a serum creatine kinase measurement?
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Muscel injury: Ck levels are elevated with muscle injury. All muscles, skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscles release ck on injury. Some drugs and alcohol can also damage muscle and cause high ck.
Answered 6/17/2018
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