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LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE IN URINARY TRACT DISEASE
Author(s) -
EMERSON PAULINE,
MORGAN M. NAUNTON
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1966.tb09752.x
Subject(s) - urinary system , lactate dehydrogenase , urine , medicine , malignant disease , disease , urology , gastroenterology , physiology , chemistry , enzyme , biochemistry , cancer
SUMMARY Urinary lactate dehydrogenase activity was determined in 114 persons. An eight–hour urine collection was reliable and convenient. Raised U.L.D. levels were obtained in 76 per cent, of cases with malignant disease. It is of no value in differentiating benign from malignant conditions. Raised U.L.D. levels indicated severe urinary tract disease and could be used as a screening test.