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. 1979 Jan;32(1):86–89. doi: 10.1136/jcp.32.1.86

Unusual increases in serum lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme-5 activity caused by severe congestive cardiac failure: two case reports.

V Prabhakaran, A R Henderson
PMCID: PMC1145573  PMID: 429583

Abstract

Two cases of congestive cardiac failure had unusually high activities of serum lactate dehydrogenase and lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme-5. Values for isoenzyme-5 exceeding 87% of the total serum activity, and increases of 228- to 380-fold of the upper reference limit, are very uncommon.

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