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R D Kulkarni

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Baseline (spontaneous) symptoms in healthy persons--a prospective study.

Many healthy people have unexplainable complaints. Healthy subjects who had not suffered from any disease in the previous two months and who were not taking any drugs during the previous two weeks were interrogated daily for seven days to determine whether they experienced any abnormal feeling (baseline or spontaneous symptoms). Of 398 subjects interrogated, 49 (12.5 per cent) gave a history of having suffered from one or more symptoms. Incidence of baseline symptoms was higher in the medical group compared with the nonmedical group and in females compared with males. In the study of adverse drug reaction, controls for spontaneous symptoms in the population under surveillance are essential.

Adolescent↗

Vitamin B12 absorption studies using radioactive vitamin B12: comparison of whole body retention and urinary excretion after flushing dose (Schilling's test).

Vitamin B-12 absorption of 12 healthy young male subjects was determined by using labelled vitamin B-12 by Schilling's test and whole body retention test. The whole body retention test was performed first using low energy Co57 isotope and a week later, Schilling's test was performed. Whole body retention showed a mean absorption of 56.5% while Schilling's test showed mean absorption of 16.9% in the same subjects. Data supports the whole body retention test being more accurate.

Adult↗