Lactate dehydrogenase deficiency: An inherited genetic muscle disease where an enzyme deficiency (lactate dehydrogenase) affects the normal processes that convert carbohydrates from food into energy which affects muscles. Lactate dehydrogenase facilitates the conversion of lactate to pyruvate and vice versa. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Lactate dehydrogenase deficiency is available below.
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Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Lactate dehydrogenase deficiency as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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