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Schilling test [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Medicine
DEF

[A test in which] a measured amount of radioactively labelled cyanocobalamin is given orally, followed by a parenteral flushing dose of the nonradioactive vitamin, and the percentage of radioactivity is determined in the urine excreted over a 24-hour period.

OBS

The test is usually performed thrice; first with, then without, added intrinsic factor, then after antibiotic therapy. The results are used in the diagnosis of pernicious anemia and other disorders of vitamin B12 metabolism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine nucléaire
DEF

Test d'absorption permettant d'étudier le transit urinaire de la vitamine B12 marquée par un isotope radio-actif.

Spanish

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