| Literature DB >> 23313063 |
Sonia Pajares1, Angela Arias, Judit García-Villoria, Paz Briones, Antonia Ribes.
Abstract
Recent investigations have suggested creatine (Cr) as an additional biomarker of mitochondrial diseases. With the aim of corroborating previous findings, we have studied plasma Cr in a cohort of 33 patients with different mitochondrial diseases. Cr was clearly increased in 9 out of 33 patients. Therefore, positive patients represent only 28% of the total number, suggesting that Cr is not a sensitive biomarker of mitochondrial diseases although it does present an acceptable specificity (83%). High plasma Cr, together with other biomarkers, might be useful to reinforce the diagnosis of mitochondrial diseases.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23313063 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.11.283
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Genet Metab ISSN: 1096-7192 Impact factor: 4.797