Immunohistochemical study of lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes in gastric cancer

Table 1 Staining intensity of LDH-5 and LDH-H in normal body mucosa and gastric body carcinoma

Grade	Surface epithelium		Parietal cells		Chief cells		Cancer cells
	LDH-5a	LDH-Hb	LDH-5a	LDH-Hb	LDH-5a	LDH-Hb	LDH-5a	LDH-Hb
-	16	10			7	2
±							3	7
+	10	6	7	1	20	14	7	4
++	1		15	6			10	5
+++			5	9			7
Total	27	16	27	16	27	16	27	16

^aP < 0.005,

^bP < 0.005. LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase.