Schilling test

Schilling test n a test for gastrointestinal absorption of vitamin B₁₂ in which a dose of the radioactive vitamin is taken orally, a dose of the nonradioactive vitamin is given by injection to impede uptake of the absorbed radioactive dose by the liver, and the proportion of the radioactive dose absorbed is determined by measuring the radioactivity of the urine

Schilling Robert Frederick (b 1919)

American hematologist. Schilling undertook research on the absorption and utilization of vitamin B₁₂, the mechanisms involved in the causation of anemia, and on the gastrointestinal absorption of nutrients. He introduced the Schilling test in 1953.

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a test used to assess a patient's capacity to absorb vitamin B₁₂ from the bowel. Radioactive vitamin B₁₂ is given by mouth and urine collected for 24 hours. A normal individual will excrete at least 10% of the original dose over this period; a patient with pernicious anaemia will excrete less than 5%.

R. F. Schilling (1919- ), US physician

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Schil·ling test (shilґing) [Robert Frederick Schilling, American hematologist, born 1919] see under test.