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Vitamin B12 - serum

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Eurofins Biomnis code

B12

Synonyms

  • Cobalamin

Clinic significance

This test is useful in the diagnosis of deficiency which reveals as macrocytic anemia and certain neurological and psychiatric symptoms. Deficiency is most common in strict vegetarians, in gastrointestinal disease, in the elderly and in chronic alcoholics. High levels of vitamin B12 are associated with hematological disorders and liver disease, and occasionally in subjects with no other pathology (idiopathic hypervitaminosis).

Prenalytics

  • 1 mL
  • Serum
  • FROZEN

Further information

    Methodology

    CMIA

    Turnaround time

    2 days

    Pathologist(s) in charge
    Biomnis Paris
    Specialty
    Analytical Chemistry
    Contact(s)
    Dr Dominique ENGERAND
    Dr Isabelle PETIT
    Phone(s)
    +331 49 59 62 70
    +331 49 59 16 72