Blood, 1964, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 757-761.
© 1964 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Brief Note: A Note Concerning the "100 Per Cent Value" in Iron Absorption Studies by Whole Body Counting
LEWIS M. SCHIFFER 1,
D. C. PRICE 1,
J. CUTTNER 1,
S. H. COHN 1, and
EUGENE P. CRONKITE 1
1 Medical Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, N. Y.,
and Mount Sinai Hospital, N. Y.
The 4-hour whole body count is found to be clinically valid as a "100 per
cent value" in iron absorption studies performed with a whole body counter.
Measurement of iron absorption can be made 2 weeks after ingestion of
radioiron, but not prior to this period.
Submitted on March 15, 1963
Accepted on December 12, 1963