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Normal neutrophils have normal amount of LAP while malignant immature neutrophils in CML are deficient in the enzyme. So the leukocytosis seen in a leukemoid reaction ir infection will present with normal or elevated LAP, because the neutrophils are normal, while in CML, the leukocytosis is full of immature neutrophils.

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