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Closed Fund university expenditure for the production of radiolabelled Vitamin B12

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People with Vitamin B12 deficiency caused by Pernicious Anaemia have problems with diagnosis because the available tests are inaccurate.

The Schilling Test can accurately diagnose the cause of Vitamin B12 but is no longer performed because nobody makes the radiolabeled cobalt required.

Vitamin B12 blood tests are inaccurate. The test for the antibodies responsible for PA is only accurate 50% of the time.

The Schilling Test requires radiolabelled cobalt. A government-sponsored source could make it possible to reinstate this test.

Reference for inaccuracy of tests -
http://www.bcshguidelines.com/documents/BCSH_Cobalamin_and_Folate_Guidelines_(2).docx.pdf
Reference for Schilling Test -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schilling_test

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