LIAISON Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is a water-soluble vitamin that is crucial to normal neurologic function, red blood cell production and DNA synthesis. The vitamin is absorbed from the food in the small intestine as complex B12-Intrinsic Factor. Dietary deficiency, intestinal malabsorption, autoimmune disease can lead to vitamin B12 deficiency that can turn into megaloblastic anaemia. Affected patients may experience weakness, irritability, jaundice, cognitive impairment. Vitamin B12 is the initial test to perform in case of megaloblastic anaemia together with folate, in order to assess the causes of megaloblastic anaemia and establish the right treatment.

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LIAISON Vitamin B12