Serum Enzyme Activity in the Normal Newborn Infant

Abstract
A study of the activity of the enzymes, glutamate-oxalacett-ate transaminase (GO-T), glutamate-pyruvate transaminase (GP-T), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and malate dehydrogenase (MDH) has been carried out on 154 normal cord bloods and on 41 bloods from infants during the first nine days of life. A range of normal values for these enzymes is proposed. The brief literature on the subject is reviewed.