Vitamin B 12 absorption studies : effect of parenteral non - radioactive vitamin B 12 on serum level of 57 Co vitamin B 12 LILIAN
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mean radioactivity in the serum was lower in both patients with pernicious anaemia and in control subjects, and the results in the patients with pernicious anaemia were more definitive. There was no significant difference between the results obtained with an Ekco scaler and those with an I.D.L. scaler. This is the simplest and most convenient method of measuring vitamin B12 absorption. It is suggested that the test be standardized by giving 0 5 ,ug. 57Co vitamin B12 with a maximal histamine stimulation of intrinsic factor secretion, but without a parenteral dose of non-radioactive vitamin B12. The results are expressed most usefully as a percentage of the administered dose per litre of
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