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Volume 3 Issue 5 November (Supplement) 2015

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LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE AS AN INDICATOR OF LIVER DISEASES
Anand Chaudhary, Vinayak Chauhan

To determine lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level as an indicator of liver, muscular or cancer diseases in patients of more than 40 years of age. Hundred and ten patients had been tested for LDH and liver function tests (LFTs). Creatine kinase (CK) levels were measurement only in patients who had high levels of LDH. As an indicator for liver diseases, high levels of LDH, had been observed in many patients. For muscular damage, measurement of CK in patients with elevated levels of LDH. Whereas high LDH levels, as an indicator for cancer diseases, were found in three males and one female who had normal values of LFTs and CK. LDH can be regarded as a good biomarker for diagnosis of liver, muscular and cancer diseases. There is little variable between males and females in the elevated value of LDH. Patients who had high values of LDH and CK are proposed to have unidentified cancer disease.
Keywords: LDH, Liver Diseases, Muscular Diseases, CK

Corresponding author: Anand Chaudhary, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Science, Bhuj, Gujarat, India

This article may be cited as:  Chaudhary A, Chauhan V.  Lactate Dehydrogenase as an indicator of Liver Diseases. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2015;3(5):S20-S22.

 
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