Test ID: MMAS
Methylmalonic Acid (MMA), Quantitative, Serum
Secondary ID 
A test code used for billing and in test definitions created prior to November 2011
80289
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Evaluating children with signs and symptoms of methylmalonic acidemia. Additional confirmatory testing must be performed.
Evaluating individuals with signs and symptoms associated with a variety of causes of cobalamin deficiency. Several studies have suggested that the determination of serum or urinary methylmalonic acid could be a more reliable marker of cobalamin deficiency than direct cobalamin determination.
Method Name A short description of the method used to perform the test
Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)
Reporting Name A shorter/abbreviated version of the Published Name for a test; an abbreviated test name
Methylmalonic Acid, QN, S
Aliases Lists additional common names for a test, as an aid in searching
B12 Deficiency
CblC
Cobalamin Deficiency
Methylmalonate
Methylmalonic Acid (MMA)
MMA (Methylmalonic Acid)
CblC
Cobalamin Deficiency
Methylmalonate
Methylmalonic Acid (MMA)
MMA (Methylmalonic Acid)
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