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Isolated elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase level in an uncomplicated pregnancy: a case report
V Vongthavaravat1, M M Nurnberger, N Balodimos
1Departments of Medicine, Mterowest Medical Center, Framingham, MA 01701, USA.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
|August 15, 2000
Abstract:
Serum level of alkaline phosphatase of placental origin was increased >10-fold in a 28-year-old pregnant woman. Repeated abdominal ultrasonographic scans yielded negative results for hepatobiliary disease. After delivery of a healthy baby, the placenta showed no major pathologic characteristics, and the alkaline phosphatase level returned to the reference range.