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Increased serum alkaline phosphatase activity in Behçet's disease
A Takeuchi1, H Haraoka, T Hashimoto
1Second Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Teikyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
|November 1, 1989
Abstract:
Raised serum alkaline phosphatase (Al-P) levels were found in 23 of 213 patients (10.8%) with Behcet's disease (BD). Al-P isoenzyme studies showed an increased liver fraction. Increased Al-P levels were well correlated with the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C reactive protein (CRP). It is concluded that Al-P is a good indicator for the activity of BD.