Schilling Test

["GARY MANSFIELD" <GARY.MANSFIELD@quickmail.llnl.gov>]

                                        - Captain Internal Dosimetry!

                                      Schilling Test

Reply to Peter V., re the "Schilling Test."

This rang a *very* faint bell, and in "Ionizing Radiation and Life" a textbook
by Arena, published in 1971, one finds the following under diagnosis of
pernicious anemia:

"In the Schilling Test, a 0.5 microcurie dose of radiocobalt-labeled vitamin
is administered orally to the patient; his urine is collected for 24 hours and
radioassayed with a well scintillation counter along with a standard.  A
24-hour urinary excretion of less than 7% of the ingested dose is suggestive
of pernicious anemia."