High alkaline phosphatase

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• Synonyms

  • Raised alk phos
  • Raised ALP

• Causes

  • Bone metastasis
  • Vitamin D deficiency
  • Polycythaemia rubra vera
  • Paget disease
  • Cholestasis
  • Osteomalacia
  • Polymyalgia rheumatica
  • Osteoporosis

• Parents

  • Deranged liver function test

• Children

  • Placental-like alkaline phosphatase
  • Raised leucocyte alkaline phosphatase