Reevaluation of alkaline phosphatase measurement during Hodgkin's disease by electrophoretic isoenzyme separation
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- 1 August 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in British Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 52 (2) , 183-187
- https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1985.176
Abstract
Electrophoretic isoenzyme separation provides much more precise information than measurement of alkaline phosphatases (AP). Use of this technique for 83 patients with Hodgkin's disease revealed that the presence of the alpha 1 fraction (alpha 1 AP) was very significantly correlated with the stage of disease extension (P less than 0.01) and above all with the presence of general symptoms (P less than 0.001). Repeat measurements performed during patient follow-up demonstrated a close association between presence of alpha 1 AP and existence of progressive disease. While the mechanism of appearance of this abnormal alpha 1 AP fraction is not linked to Hodgkin-specific liver lesions, this test provides much more interesting data than classical measurement of total alkaline phosphatases (TAP).Keywords
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