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Normalization of creatine kinase level during arthritis in a patient with Becker muscular dystrophy
1Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.
Neurology
|January 28, 1999
Abstract:
A patient with Becker muscular dystrophy had transient arthritis. During the active illness his serum creatine kinase (CK) level normalized and serum levels of soluble interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptor, IL-6, IL-1 receptor antagonist, and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 were elevated. CK increased to his usual levels after arthritis remission whereas the levels of inflammatory cytokines and their inhibitors decreased.