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Unit Code 8344:
Lactate Dehydrogenase (LD), Serum

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Useful For

Investigation of a variety of diseases involving the heart, liver,

muscle, kidney, lung, and blood

 

Monitoring changes in tumor burden after chemotherapy, although,

LD elevations in patients with cancer are too erratic to be of use in

the diagnosis of cancer

Testing Guides and Forms

• An Expanded Algorithm for the Laboratory Evaluation of Suspected Multiple Myeloma 

Method Name

Photometric Rate
See "An Expanded Algorithm for the Laboratory Evaluation of
Suspected Multiple Myeloma" in Special Instructions.

Reporting Name

Lactate Dehydrogenase (LD), S

Ordering Mnemonic

LD

Aliases

LD (Lactate Dehydrogenase)

LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase)

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