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Canada - Active B12 Testing/Holotranscobalamin

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Does anyone know where I can have active B12 tested in Canada?

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Good morning iflc. I am in Halifax and the Capital Health Group out here (covers all of the Halifax Region) only have a listing in their big book of blood tests for the B12 MMA (methylmalonic acidemia) test. They did not have any listing for Active B12.

Mind you, I have never needed to be tested anywhere else in Canada, so YMMV.

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Leilanilea in reply to radyeatlantic

Radyeatlantic,

Have to ask...what does YMMV mean? ;-)

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Love it, Thanks!

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