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Park, Kim, and Kang: Asymptomatic HyperCKemia Presenting as a Sole Manifestation of Hypothyroidism
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Korean J Community Nutr 2014;16(1):45-47.

Published online: 18 January 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14253/kjcn.2014.16.1.45

Asymptomatic HyperCKemia Presenting as a Sole Manifestation of Hypothyroidism

Sun Woo Park, Hong Jun Kim, Sa-Yoon Kang

Department of Neurology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea

Address for correspondence; Sa-Yoon Kang Department of Neurology, Jeju National University Hospital, 15 Ara 13-gil, Jeju 690-767, Korea Tel: +82-64-754-8175 Fax: +82-64-717-1630 E-mail: neurokang@jejunu.ac.kr

Received 10 October 2013       Revised 29 November 2013       Accepted 13 February 2014

Copyright © 2014 Korean Ophthalmological Society

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords: Creatine kinase, Hypothyroidism, Myopathy

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Figure 1.
Serial creatine kinase values and thyroid function tests. Serum creatine kinase and thyroid stimulating hormone level are decreased after replacement of synthyroxine.
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