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Vitamins

Methylmalonic acidMMA

Specific marker of intracellular B12 deficiency; rises before serum B12 falls.

Sample
Serum or urine
Clinical reference range
0.07 to 0.27 µmol/L
Adult
Conv: 0.070.27 µmol/L
Biology

What it measures

Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase requires adenosylcobalamin; deficiency causes accumulation of MMA.

Clinical use

Why we order it

Confirm functional B12 deficiency when serum B12 is borderline.

Related

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