<Li> Liver disease or hepatitis </Li> <Li> Paget's disease </Li> <P> The following conditions or diseases may lead to reduced levels of alkaline phosphatase: </P> <Ul> <Li> Hypophosphatasia, an autosomal recessive disease </Li> <Li> Postmenopausal women receiving estrogen therapy because of aging </Li> <Li> Men with recent heart surgery, malnutrition, magnesium deficiency, hypothyroidism, or severe anemia </Li> <Li> Children with achondroplasia and cretinism </Li> <Li> Children after a severe episode of enteritis </Li> <Li> Pernicious anemia </Li> <Li> Aplastic anemia </Li> <Li> Chronic myelogenous leukemia </Li> <Li> Wilson's disease </Li> </Ul>

Alkaline phosphatase (alp) is found in tissues that are