title: Creatine kinase isoenzyme BB in serum of patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis and with kidney transplant.
abstract: The activity of creatine kinase isoenzyme BB (CK-BB) was determined in serum of healthy adults and in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis and with kidney transplant. In the healthy adults examined, an activity of 0.56 +/- 0.16 U/l (mean +/- SD) was found. The arithmetic mean of CK-BB activity in patients with renal insufficiency under hemodialysis was 1.42 +/- 0.87 U/l and differed from that of the healthy group. The CK-BB activity in patients with kidney transplant was not different from that of the control group. The occurrence of CK-BB in serum is discussed from diagnostic and methodological point of view.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000201:enzymology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D003402:Creatine Kinase