@article{68f2f037493b4d25a2237d595230a5b5,
title = "Haematological and Clinical Parameters in Assessing Activity in Hodgkin's Disease and Other Malignant Lymphornas",
abstract = "The neutrophil alkaline phosphatase (NAP) levels have been studied in 135 patients with malignant lymphomas on 363 occasions. Elevated NAP levels are relatively common in active Hodgkin's disease and uncommon in other lymphomas. In Hodgkin's disease, activity of the neoplastic process is correlated with elevated NAP scores, but the test has no apparent advantage over estimation of the ESR. Serial estimation of both NAP and ESR may provide a useful index of the recurrence of Hodgkin's disease in the treated patient.",
keywords = "alkaline phosphatase, Hodgkin's disease, lymphoma, neoplastic processes, neutrophils",
author = "Simmons, {A. V.} and Spiers, {A. S.D.} and Peter Fayers",
note = "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are grateful to Professor T. A. J. Prankerd, Professor Sir Richard Doll, and Professor D. R. Laurence for help and advice in the design and carrying out of this project. Professor Prankerd, Dr. J. N. Godlee, and Dr. E. W. Emery kindly permitted us to study patients under their care. We thank the technical staff of the Haematology Department, University College Hospital, for their help in carrying out the white blood cell counts and ESR determinations. During part of this investigation A. S. D. S. was in receipt of a Fellowship from the Nuffield Foundation.",
year = "1973",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a067324",
language = "English",
volume = "42",
pages = "111--124",
journal = "QJM",
issn = "1460-2725",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "1",
}