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CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE

An enzyme that is contained in skeletal muscle, smooth muscle and cardiac muscle. Creatine phosphokinase is released into the bloodstream in heighten quantities if muscle in injured. Creatine phosphokinase can be fractionated so that specific measurements can be made for blood levels of creatine phosphokinase that comes exclusively from damaged heart muscle. This makes it an significant test for the laboratory diagnosis of heart attack. Acronym: CPK
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