(Normal range: < 9.0 IU/L (< 0.15 mkat/L
Comment: Help decide whether a raised alkaline phosphatase level is due to liver or bone disease, 5-Nt is raised in cholestatic disease but is normal in bone disease. Also is raised in hepatic carcinoma, Hepatobiliary disease, early biliary cirrhosis and in 3rd trimester of pregnancy. Values are high in infants, decline in adolescents and increase again in the elderly
Sample: Serum