Interpreting an isolated raised serum alkaline phosphatase level in an asymptomatic patient

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7902, 2013, Pages

  Shipman, Kate Elizabeth ^a   Holt, Ashley David ^a   Gama, Rousseau ^a  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AGE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BONE DISEASE; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER INJURY; MEDICAL HISTORY; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D INTOXICATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BONE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84876128045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f976     Document Type: Article

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