Eurofins Biomnis code

VB8

Synonyms

• Biotin
• Vitamin H

Clinic significance

This test is useful in the diagnosis of deficiency which reveals as mucocutaneous, neurological and psychiatric disturbances. Deficiency can arise in certain hereditary metabolic disorders, in malnutrition, in patients on non-supplemented parenteral alimentation and in people who consume large amounts of raw egg.

Prenalytics

• 2 mL
• lithium heparin plasma (do not use tubes with separator gel)
• Refrigerated

Further information

• Store samples protected from light but do not pack the tube.

Methodology

Immunoenzymatic method

Turnaround time

2 weeks