Lactic Dehydrogenase in the Serum of Newborn Infants with Jaundice

[摘要] The concentration of LDH in the serum of normal newborn infants tends to be greater than in that of normal older children and adults. The concentration of LDH in the serum of infants suffering from erythroblastosis fetalis is very variable and may be increased much above that of normal infants. A considerable number of babies with erythroblastosis fetalis have higher concentrations of LDH and lower concentrations of indirect-reacting bilirubin in their serum than do babies with physiologic jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia). However, among the infants studied, there is no consistent correlation between the concentration of serum LDH and that of indirect-reacting bilirubin. In infants being treated by exchange transfusion, the rise and fall of serum LDH and bilirubin tend to parallel each other.

[学科分类] 过敏症与临床免疫学