Lactate dehydrogenase as a biomarker for early renal damage in patients with sickle cell disease.

This study shows that in sickle cell patients LDH correlates with creatinine clearance and, therefore, LDH could serve as a biomarker to predict renal insufficiency in those patients.
PMID: 26586054 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation - November 1, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Alzahri MS, Mousa SA, Almomen AM, Hasanato RM, Polimeni JM, Racz MJ Tags: Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl Source Type: research