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The LDH specific activity and the LDH isoenzyme pattern of eleven pairs of different normal tendons were compared with hypokinetic tendons. The LDH specific activity of hypokinetic tendons was 13–66% of the specific activity of normal tendons. The isoenzyme pattern of hypokinetic tendons altered in such a way that — with one exception — the ratio of LDH-5 and LDH-4 decreased and the ratio of LDH-1, LDH-2, and LDH-3 increased and, as a consequence, the amount of the M subunit decreased.
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Vándor, E., Józsa, L. & Bálint, B.J. The lactate dehydrogenase activity and isoenzyme pattern of normal and hypokinetic human tendons. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 49, 63–68 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00428964
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