• Useful for:

  Creatine kinase (CK) testing is used to help diagnose and monitor conditions that affect the skeletal muscles, the heart, the central nervous system, and the thyroid.

• Method Name: NAC
• Other Common Names: Creatine kinase, CPK, CK
• Medicover Laboratories Code Name: 43
• Fasting or other requirements: None
• Specimen Type: Serum
• Specimen Required Supplies: Serum gel vial (preferred), Red top vial (acceptable)
• Specimen Volume: 0.5 ml
• Specimen retention time: 7 days
• Report Available: Same day/1 day
• Performing Laboratories Location: Central Lab, BOCOC Lab and Apollonio Lab