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Table 1

The laboratory results showing typical changes indicating vitamin B12 deficiency.

	Unit	Value	Normal range
Homocysteine	mol/L	106.0	5–13.5
Folic acid	µg/L	5.6	2.5–9.0
Vitamin B12	ng/L	136	180–900
Holotranscobalamin	pmol/L	18	>37
Anti-parietal cell antibodies	U/mL	0	<10
Anti-intrinsic factor antibodies	U/mL	0.5	<6.0
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)	fL	88.4	80–100
Hemoglobin	g/dL	15.6	13.4–17