Bone Alkaline Phosphatase
Sample: Serum. See Instructions here
Schedule: Daily
Units: % of Total ALP Range Up 45% of Total ALP
Remarks: Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) has at least nine recognized isoenzymes. They include Fast (Pre-liver), Liver, Bone ALP, Placental, Regan, Nagao, Renal, Intestinal, and PA. Of primary interest in the laboratory is distinguishing Bone ALP from Liver ALP when assessing bone metabolism (increased lost of bone tissue -Osteoporosis) or malignancy in the other hand or Liver diseases on the other.
