0 a substance produced naturally in the body that supplies energy to all the cells in the body, especially to those of the muscles. It can also be made artificially and is used in supplements for people who want to get stronger muscles.
Of the eight deaths observed on study, six were in the placebo group and two were in the creatine group.
The serum creatine kinase is grossly elevated, myoglobinuria may be evident, and there is a risk of acute renal failure.
However, if the diagnosis is suspected clinically, normal serum creatine kinase and electromyography should not put one off muscle biopsy.
Myopathies associated with marked elevation of the serum creatine kinase.
Another question was whether patients would compliant with respect to not taking additional creatine during the study.
Changes of creatine kinase secondary structure induced by the release of nucleotides from caged compounds - an infrared difference-spectroscopy study.
Maturational increase in mouse brain creatine kinase reaction rates shown by phosphorous magnetic resonance.
