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. 1975 Sep;68(3):326-30.
doi: 10.1378/chest.68.3.326.

A preliminary study of elevated alkaline phosphatase and cathepsin in bronchial aspirates of patients with lung cancer and bronchitis

S H Kühn, M A de Kock

A preliminary study of elevated alkaline phosphatase and cathepsin in bronchial aspirates of patients with lung cancer and bronchitis

S H Kühn et al. Chest. 1975 Sep.

Abstract

The measurement of acid and alkaline phosphatase and cathepsin activities in bronchial aspirates obtained through bronchoscopy from a series of 75 patients suggests a procedure that may have value as a routine diagnostic examination. Using this approach, seven patients with neoplasms in the lung showed elevated levels of alkaline phosphatase and cathepsin in bronchial aspirates without elevation in acid phosphatase activity.

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