[Changes in lactate dehydrogenase levels in acute articular rheumatism, chorea minor and the Schönlein-Henoch syndrome in childhood].

: Changes in serum LDH in AAR, Sydenham's chorea and purpura rheumatica and their significance were investigated in 103 cases observed at the 1st Paediatrics Clinic, University of Turin. A search was made for relation between such changes and the laboratory parameters in rheumatism. The data showed that blood LDH can be profitably determined in the diseases considered.