Laboratory reference ranges reflect methods, populations, and policies, and experienced clinicians interpret them in context rather than applying fixed cutoffs theoretically.

LOWERING of the serum alkaline phosphatase activity has received little attention. 1 It is known in scurvy and hypophosphatasemia and after exposure to radioactive substances that are deposited in ...

Patients with mongolism have been shown to be effectively trisomic for what is assumed to be the same small acrocentric chromosome at the No. 21 position. 6–8 Studies suggest that the same chromosome ...

Disturbances in serum levels of minerals and parathyroid hormone (PTH) occur in renal osteodystrophy and are associated with mortality in patients on maintenance hemodialysis; however, the predictive ...

What is a leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) test? A leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) test is a laboratory test that can be conducted on a sample of your blood. Your doctor can order it to ...