THE METHYLMALONIC ACID INVESTIGATION

THE VITAMIN B12 AND FOLATE PATHOLOGY INVESTIGATION

THE INVESTIGATION OF ERRORS IN PATHOLOGY TESTS

FOR VITAMIN B12 AND FOLATE DEFICIENCY

BY MEANS OF MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS

INTRODUCTION	THE SERUM VITAMIN B12 INVESTIGATION	THE METHYLMALONIC ACID INVESTIGATION
THE HOMOCYSTEINE INVESTIGATION	THE HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN INVESTIGATION	THE FOLATE INVESTIGATION
REFERENCES AND LINKS	B12 AND FOLATE INFORMATION	RESPONSES TO INVESTIGATION

THE MMA EXPERIMENT

Summary

Analytes and Laboratories

Method

Observations

Results - Notes

Results - Series 1

Conclusions

Duration

24 October 2005 to 27 November 2006

Number of Tests

39 blood sample collections

Analytes

Laboratories