title: [Usefulness and limitations of determination of lactate dehydrogenase enzymes in the diagnosis of liver diseases].
abstract: Serum LDH isoenzyme electrophoretic pattern was evaluated in forty-four patients affected by acute or chronic liver diseases. Moreover, the correlation between LDH4, LDH5, and various parameters of liver function (particularly SGOT and SGPT) were examined. The authors believe that LDH4 and LDH5 are useful parameters for the differential diagnosis between chronic persistent hepatitis and chronic active hepatitis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase
vernacular_title: Utilità e limiti del dosaggio degli enzimi della latticodeidrogenasi (LDH) nella diagnostica epatologica.