False low holotranscobalamin levels in a patient with a novel TCN2 mutation

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1739-1743

  Keller, Peter ^a   Rufener, Janine ^a   Schild, Christof ^a   Fedosov, Sergey N ^b   Nissen, Peter H ^c   Nexo, Ebba ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

active B12; gene mutation; holoTC; immunoassay; TCN2; transcobalamin; vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; COBALT 57; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN; LYSINE; TRANSCOBALAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ASTHENIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; EXON; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GEL FILTRATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; INSOMNIA; INTRON; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MUTATOR GENE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TCN2 GENE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENETICS;

ADULT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991287613     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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