ABSTRACT
Patients with muscle diseases are often seen initially by general practitioners. This article reviews how to evaluate and manage such patients, including those taking a statin, how to interpret creatine kinase (CK) test results, and how to recognize common as well as potentially dangerous myopathies.
Footnotes
Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at Cleveland Clinic. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.
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- Chester V. Oddis, MD, Director⇑
- Myositis Center, Department of Medicine; Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- * ADDRESS: Chester V. Oddis, MD, Myositis Center, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 1218 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261; cvo5{at}pitt.edu
ABSTRACT
Patients with muscle diseases are often seen initially by general practitioners. This article reviews how to evaluate and manage such patients, including those taking a statin, how to interpret creatine kinase (CK) test results, and how to recognize common as well as potentially dangerous myopathies.
Footnotes
Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at Cleveland Clinic. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.
- © 2019 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. All Rights Reserved.