You probably have answered your question. We have not received a request for LDH isoenzymes in the past 10 years. This is one test that should be allowed to retire peacefully.
Regards
Mohammad
Dr. M A Al-Jubouri, MB ChB, MSc, FRCP Edin, FRCPath
Consultant Chemical Pathologist
--- On Wed, 5/10/11, Trevor Walmsley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Trevor Walmsley <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: LDH isoenzymes
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, 5 October, 2011, 0:34
> Hi
> from NZ
> Recently
> the supplier of LDH isoenzyme electrophoresis kits withdrew
> the kit from the market, we changed to a another supplier
> and now they have withdrawn their kit from the
> market.
> 1
> Does anyone else supply these kits?
> 2
> We have performed this test for many years and the numbers
> have decreased over time – does this test still have a
> use?
> Cheers
> Trevor
> In
> the world cup you can’t go wrong if you support the
> team in the black strip!
> "A
> normal person is one that has not been fully
> investigated"
> Trevor WalmsleySenior Scientific OfficerCanterbury Health LabsChristchurchNew Zealand
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Jonathan Kay
> Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2011 10:10 p.m.
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: separation techniques to while away the
> weekend Are the cans you are testing
> all aluminium or aluminium and steel? Jonathan On 22 Sep 2011, at 11:03,
> Colley, Michael wrote:
>
> However,
> practical experimentation shows that this does not apply
> with cans of 7-Up. (Haven’t got any Coke easily to
> hand) Both
> Diet and Regular SINK despite the fact that the Diet does
> not contain the 35g sugar which is present in the
> Regular.A
> can of Regular weighs approx 5g more than the can of
> Diet (both 330 ml). What
> is providing the extra weight in the Diet 7-up? I
> look forward to seeing more reports after the next
> weekend. Michael From: Clinical
> biochemistry discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Hogan,
> Tim
> Sent: 18
> September 2011 16:12
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: separation
> techniques to while away the weekend Just read
> article on useless information in our patient
> magazine. Did you know a can of diet coke floats in
> water and a can of regular coke sinks. So the next
> time you go to the take away and you are not sure who has
> the diet and who has the regular coke, ask for a bucket of
> water! Apparently its down to the extra 39g of sugar
> in a can of regular coke. Tim. Tim
> HoganLaboratory
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