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Case Reports
. 1988 Mar;64(749):239-41.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.64.749.239.

Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis--is serum alkaline phosphatase a marker of disease activity?

I G Barrison  1 , J G Walker, C Jones, M E Snell
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Case Reports

Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis--is serum alkaline phosphatase a marker of disease activity?

I G Barrison et al. Postgrad Med J. 1988 Mar.

Abstract

Two patients are presented in whom extensive investigations were carried out to determine the cause of a raised serum alkaline phosphatase. Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis was diagnosed in both cases and the serum alkaline phosphatase returned to normal following treatment with corticosteroids and coincident with resolution of the patients' symptoms.

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