Born in Boston, the son of touring actors David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Poe. When he was three years old, his parents died, and he was taken into the home of John Allan, a wealthy merchant in Richmond, Virginia, who renamed him Edgar Allan Poe. In 1826 he entered the University of Virginia, staying only one year, and running up large gambling debts that John Allan refused to pay.
It is found in almost all body tissues and can be measured by a simple blood test. Normal LDH levels are generally low and range between 140 IU/liter to 333 IU/ liter. Low LDH levels are usually no cause for concern. However, elevated LDH levels may indicate cell damage.
ldh is the short form for the lactate dehydrogenase test this test is typically used as a measure of tissue damage in an individual it may be used to measure acute tissue damage which has occurred due to a recent illness or injuryactate dehydrogenase also known as ldh is an enzyme that is found in nearly all body tissues ldh is responsible for creating energy from glucose for cells normal levels of ldh range from 105 and 333 iu liter