Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To investigate the changes in serum creatine kinase (CK) levels during the treatment of patients with growth hormone (GH).Methods: We evaluated 715 cases who were treated with GH retrospectively. The clinical data of 20 children with severe CK elevation (>500 IU/L) were analyzed.Results: CK elevation was recorded in 96 of the cases (13.5%) during GH theraphy. 20 of these patients had severe CK elevation. The mean age...