Test for Transcobalamin

[WIZARD6787]

The test is:

Test code 928

CPT Code 82608

I was excited when I discovered such a test existed. I can not get it without a prescription and there is little data on what the levels might mean other than what the medical field might see as important.

I share it only as it does seem there is some movement towards seeing a difference between IF and Transcobalamin which may lead to effective treatment for Transcobalamin issues.

There is a hang up in that it is assumed anyone with Transcobalamin issues must have a genetic defect and dead. Some scientists are getting past that.

Who knows someone else might take it somewhere helpful.

[jade_s]

Except if you are already on injections, UBBC will be low by default.

And based on the papers I've read, in each case of low UBBC there was a mutation on TCN2. I'm happy to be corrected if anyone has found low UBBC implicated in the absence of a TCN2 mutation.

Thank you for sharing though! This may be of use to someone who has not yet started treatment and is seeking a diagnosis. I do wish I'd had this tested prior to injections.

[WIZARD6787 in reply to jade_s]

I did not read much about it as soon as I knew I could not get the test. I do not discuss genetics here.

The test is used with some blood cancers.

It was a dead end for me.