Table 2.
The Authors of the Study | The Year of the Study | Research Group | Main Findings |
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Seki et al. [44]. | 1992 | 7 patients with ULMS | Serum LDH levels were elevated in 3 out of 7 (42.8%) patients with ULMS |
Goto et al. [45]. | 2002 | 10 patients with ULMS and 130 patients with DULM | LDH were elevated in all 10 patients with ULMS and also in 32 patients with DULM |
Nagai et al. [47]. | 2015 | 15 patients with uterine sarcomas, including 9 ULMS and 48 benign lesions including 42 ULM | Serum LDH levels greater or equal to 279 U/L were observed in 7 out of 15 patients (46.7%) with sarcomas and in none of patients with benign lesions |
Kusunoki et al. [46]. | 2017 | 15 patients with sarcoma including 6 patients with ULMS and 19 patients with ULM | Levels of LDH in sarcoma group were higher (343 IU/L ± 188) than in LM group (183.1 IU/L ± 44) |