Re: Schilling Test

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

        Reply to:   RE>>Schilling Test

Um, yes - sorry.  The vitamin in question is B-12, which as you stated,
contains cobalt, and can therefore labeled with radio-cobalt.  

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Date: 10/24/95 1:06 PM
To: GARY MANSFIELD
From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
>"In the Schilling Test, a 0.5 microcurie dose of radiocobalt-labeled vitamin
>is administered orally to the patient;

For the sake of completeness - The vitamin in question is B-12, no doubt?
AFAIK, it's the only one that contains cobalt.

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