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What Is Vitamin B12
Health Encyclopedia: Schilling Test
Vitamin B-12 absorption test
Normal Values
Excreting 8-40% of the radioactive vitamin B-12 within 24 hours is normal.
What abnormal results mean
Low vitamin B-12 levels can cause pernicious anemia. This can be caused by problems absorbing vitamin B-12 or by not eating enough foods that contain vitamin B-12. Some other causes are removal of part of the stomach or the development of an antibody against intrinsic factor.
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Health Guide
Vitamin B12
...Vitamin B12 is found in eggs, meat, poultry, shellfish, milk, and milk products. Read more »Schilling test
Vitamin B-12 absorption test What the risks are Local reaction to injection of vitamin Nausea Feeling lightheaded Special considerations ... Read more »Schilling test
Vitamin B-12 absorption test Read more »Methylmalonic acid
Normal Values Normal serum methylmalonic acid levels are 0.08 to 0.56 micromoles/L. Values higher than this may mean vitamin B-12 deficiency or a genetic disease resulting in high levels of... Read more »Vitamin B-12 level
Normal Values Normal values are 200-900 pg/ml (picograms per milliliter). What abnormal results mean Values of less than 100 pg/ml indicate a significant deficiency of vitamin B-12,... Read more »Images
Medications
Esomeprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a proton... Read more »
...serious side effects occur: signs of low levels of vitamin B12 (e.g., unusual weakness, ... Read more »
Lansoprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a proton... Read more »
Lansoprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a proton... Read more »
Lansoprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a proton... Read more »
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