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  • Title: Hereditary lactate dehydrogenase M-subunit deficiency: lactate dehydrogenase activity in skin lesions and in hair follicles.
    Author: Takayasu S, Fujiwara S, Waki T.
    Journal: J Am Acad Dermatol; 1991 Feb; 24(2 Pt 2):339-42. PubMed ID: 1999544.
    Abstract:
    A 16-year-old Japanese girl had desquamating erythematosquamous lesions mostly on the extensor surface of the extremities. The lesions were worse in summer. The patient also had a mild muscle pain after strenuous exercise. Her paternal and maternal grandfathers are cousins. An analysis of lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH) isozymes in her serum revealed a single peak of LDH1. Analysis of LDH isozymes of erythrocytes demonstrated a complete lack of LDH M-subunit in the patient and a substantial lack in the parents. The epidermis of the diseased skin and scalp hair follicles of the patient were virtually devoid of LDH activity.
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