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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marquis Mark" data-source="post: 86697" data-attributes="member: 1441">Apparently malabsorptive weigh loss surgeries are a primary cause of copper deficiency.  There are several citations.  Here's one:<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777101/" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777101/</a>I guess that's why Dr. Rapkin tests for it (although Dr. K doesn't, nor did he know much about it when I spoke to him).Your cerulosplasmin results will go hand in hand with your copper results (at least mine have and I've had them tested about 10 times each).Ceruloplasmin is a copper carrying protein.  Apparently (and I'm no expert) without it, you might have a hard time getting your copper level up.</blockquote>

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