Acute Rhabdomyolysis in a Child with Multiple Suspicious Gene Variants

• Main Authors: Aiko Murakami (Author), Rhiana L. Lau (Author), Robert Wallerstein (Author), Tamara Zagustin (Author), Garett Kuwada (Author), Prashant J. Purohit (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rhabdomyolysis is diagnosed with creatinine kinase (CK) elevation beyond 1000 U/L or ten times above the normal upper limit. Severe episodes can be fatal from electrolyte imbalance, acute renal failure, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. A 13-month-old child was admitted with a CK of 82,090...