title: Serum malate dehydrogenase (MDH) in portal hypertension--its value as a diagnostic and prognostic indicator.
abstract: Serum MDH levels were estimated in 29 consecutive patients of portal hypertension with the objective of ascertaining its diagnostic value as to the cause of portal hypertension and its prognostic significance. Higher levels of serum MDH were found in cirrhotic patients as compared to noncirrhotic ones. There were however no significant differences found in the values when extrahepatic obstruction group was compared with controls. Furthermore, higher MDH activity was found in those patients who died as compared to the surviving ones.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood*; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase