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Basic laboratory diagnostics Basic laboratory diagnostics
Serum enzyme activities Serum enzyme activities
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Increased α-Amylase*
Increased CK* (> 3 times the reference
range)
Muscle cell damage Damage to intestinalcells Damage to pancreatic cells
– Gastroenteritis – Pancreatitis
Skeletal muscle cell Cardiac muscle cell (e.g. parvovirus – Pancreatic neoplasia
damage damage infection)
*
– Trauma – Myocarditis
– Increased – Infarction
muscle activity
(e.g. tetanus, seizures)
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* Decreased CK activity is not clinically relevant * Decreased α-Amylase activity is not clinically relevant
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