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Serum alkaline phosphatase can be elevated in patients with hypophosphatasia due to liver disease.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Nov 2023
van Velsen Evert F S, Zervou Zografia, Zillikens M Carola
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare inherited disorder caused by pathogenic loss-of-function variants in the ALPL gene, encoding the tissue-nonspecific isoenzym of alkaline phosphatase (ALP; TNSALP). Low serum ALP is the biochemical hallmark of HPP, but it is unknown whether ALP levels can increase due to concurring liver disease, which may lead to a missed diagnose of HPP. We present a patient with...
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