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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2015

A 46-year-old female patient has continuous history of progressive muscular (Duchenne's) dystrophy. Which blood enzyme changes will be of diagnostic value in this case?

Answer options

  1. Pyruvate dehydrogenase
  2. Lactate dehydrogenase
  3. Creatine phosphokinase
  4. Adenylate cyclase
  5. Glutamate dehydrogenase
Correct answer

Creatine phosphokinase

Explanation

Creatine phosphokinase is a specific enzyme found in the skeletal muscles, heart muscles, and brain tissue. On the destruction of any of these issues, there is the release of this specific marker.

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