Well, gouty arthritis, first of all, I like that it is found in males.

All right.

So that makes sense.

But when you have a patient who has gout, one of the lab values that's elevated for that patient, one of the biomarkers is...

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For this week's clinical file, we have

Jonah, and Jonah is a 53-year-old male with a history of coronary artery disease, CAD, and who is being

treated in the acute care hospital. Upon a review of the medical chart, the patient has an elevated creatine kinase,

CK biomarker.

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