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VITAMIN B12 AND FOLATE

This test measures the amount of vitamin B12 and folic acid in the blood. It is used to evaluate malnourished patients and macrocytic/megaloblastic anemia, and to diagnose congenital absence of transcobalamin II or cobalophilin.

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