Lactic Dehydrogenase Activity in Blood.

Abstract
Lactic dehydrogenase activity is present in the venous blood of normal adults with a range of 260 to 850 units/ ml. Alterations of serum lactic dehydrogenase were observed in acute leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, generalized carcinomatosis, and acute transmural myocardial infarction. Lactic dehydrogenase, like serum glutamic oxaloacetic trans-aminase, rises in characteristic fashion following myocardial infarction.