Elevation of serum creatine kinase during methimazole treatment of Graves disease in a 13-year-old girl and a literature review of similar cases

• Main Authors: Hyeseon Kim (Author), Jinsup Kim (Author), Rimm Huh (Author), Sung Yoon Cho (Author), Dong-Kyu Jin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report a 13-year-old girl with Graves disease, who showed an increased level of serum creatine kinase (CK) accompanied by myalgia after methimazole (MMI) treatment. This patient developed muscular pain two weeks after MMI administration, along with increased CK levels. The level of thyroid hormon...