The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK

Methylmalonic Acid
Order Code: MMACID
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or IPR Req 		  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527 
Specimen
 
Serum
Collection Medium:
Red top tube 


Alternate
Collection Media:


Green top tube (Na Heparin)


Minimum:


Preferred minimum: 2 mL whole blood
Absolute minimum: 0.6 mL whole blood (0.6 mL serum)


Analytic Time:


1 week


Reference Range:


Methylmalonic Acid:  87 - 318 nmol/L


Methodology:


Tandem Mass Spectrometry


CPT Code:


83921




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Updated: 07/16/2008

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