THE HOMOCYSTEINE INVESTIGATION

THE VITAMIN B12 AND FOLATE PATHOLOGY INVESTIGATION

THE INVESTIGATION OF ERRORS IN PATHOLOGY TESTS

FOR VITAMIN B12 AND FOLATE DEFICIENCY

BY MEANS OF MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS

INTRODUCTION	THE SERUM VITAMIN B12 INVESTIGATION	THE METHYLMALONIC ACID INVESTIGATION
THE HOMOCYSTEINE INVESTIGATION	THE HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN INVESTIGATION	THE FOLATE INVESTIGATION
REFERENCES AND LINKS	B12 AND FOLATE INFORMATION	RESPONSES TO INVESTIGATION

THE HCY EXPERIMENT

Summary

Method

Series 1b Sample Collection

Observations

Results - Notes

Results - Series 1

Results - Series 1b

Conclusions

On Monday morning each week, I asked each of the following two laboratories to collect my blood samples and test for serum total homocysteine:

In addition, I asked QML Pathology to send samples to Westmead.