Clinical value of serum alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme estimations in the elderly.
The value of the estimation of liver and bone isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase in a series of 500 admissions to a geriatric unit is described. A raised total alkaline phosphatase was found in 40 patients and this was due to raised levels of the bone isoenzyme in about two-thirds of these. Its value in diagnosis of treatable bone disease is emphasized.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood*; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology; D011446:Prospective Studies
D007527:Isoenzymes; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase