Schilling test - Risks
Alternative Names
Vitamin B12 absorption test
What the risks are:
- Local reaction to vitamin injection
- Nausea
- Feeling lightheaded
- Reviewed last on: 2/13/2009
- David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
References
Antony AC. Megaloblastic anemias. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 170.