Elevated level of plasma lactate dehydrogenase activity in a patient with myocarditis was found to be due to the presence of lactate dehydrogenase-immunoglobulin complexes in circulation. The complexes were demonstrated by counter-immunoelectrophoresis. In this case, three immunoglobulins (IgG, IgA and IgM) and two types of light chains (? and ?) combined with lactate dehydrogenase
Print ISSN: 1434-6621
Volume: 38, 04/2000
Pages: 307 - 308