Alkaline Phosphatase Activity in Children and Adolescents.
Abstract
Summary: Plasma total alkaline phosphatase activity was examined in 992 male and 932 female apparently healthy Nigerian children and adolescents. The male subjects, aged from birth to 20 years had a reference range of plasma total alkaline phosphatase activity of 7.5 to 23 KA units per decilitre. Among the females of similar age group, the range was 6.9 to 22.1 KA units per decilitre. The reference limits were set between the 21 and 973 percentile values. This pattern of activity establishes the reference values which should be useful in diagnosis and management of diseases which affect the plasma activity of alkaline phosphatase.
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