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| Title | VITAMIN B12 BINDING CAPACITY, UNSATURATED |
| Specimen Requirement | <p>1-SST/1mL serum. Spin, separate and send refrigerated.</p>
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| Methodology | |
| Stability | Room Temperature or Refrigerated 4 days, Frozen 30 days |
| Reference Range | By Report* |
| Turnaround | 1 day Setup Tues, Thurs PM |
| Clinical Use | <p>Differential diagnosis of polycythemia vera from secondary/relative polycythemias; evaluate macrocytic/megaloblastic anemia; diagnose congenital absence of transcobalamin II or cobalophilin (transcobalamin I and III)</p> |
| Test Code | VB12B |
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