Improved testing for vitamin B-12 deficiency: correcting MMA for eGFR reduces the number of patients classified as vitamin B-12 deficient

van Loon, SLM; Wilbik, AM; Kaymak, U; van den Heuvel, ER; Scharnhorst, V; Boer, AK

van Loon, SLM (reprint author), Catharina Hosp, Dept Clin Chem, POB 1350, NL-5602 ZA Eindhoven, Netherlands.

ANNALS OF CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, 2018; 55 (6): 685

Abstract

Background Methylmalonic acid (MMA) can detect functional vitamin B-12 deficiencies as it accumulates early when intracellular deficits arise. However......

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