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Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
Enzyme originating mainly from liver/bile ducts and bone; elevations are interpreted with GGT, other liver tests and bone-related context.
What is measured?
The level, concentration or activity of this biomarker measured in the relevant blood sample.
What the result represents?
Aden's range
What a raised or a low result can indicate
How Aden reads it as part of a system?
Aden reads this result alongside ALT, AST, GGT, bilirubin, albumin, creatinine and your previous measurements. It is treated as one part of the wider liver & kidney picture, not as a diagnosis on its own.
What changes between tests?
Which related markers give it context?
ALT, AST, GGT, bilirubin, albumin, creatinine
How to get this tested?
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