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Alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme test
Normal Values
The normal value is 20 to 140 IU/L (international units per liter). Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
Adults have lower levels of
The isoenzyme test results can reveal whether the increase is in "bone" ALP or "liver" ALP.
What abnormal results mean
Higher-than-normal ALP levels may indicate:
- Pregnancy
- Healing bone fracture
- Liver diseases
- Biliary obstruction
Hepatitis Bone disease Paget's disease Osteoblastic bone tumors Osteomalacia Rickets - Skeletal disease
Anemia - Rickets
- Leukemia
- Thyroid gland inflammation
Hyperparathyroidism Chronic alcohol ingestion
Lower-than-normal levels of ALP may indicate:
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Protein deficiency - Magnesium deficiency
- Too much vitamin D or too little
vitamin C - Poor nutrition
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Review Date: 05/07/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in
Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division
of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts
General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
