PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - K. N. Jeejeebhoy
AU  - J. H. Stewart
AU  - E. A. Evans
AU  - C. C. Booth
TI  - On the use of tritium-labelled albumin for studies of intestinal absorption
AID  - 10.1136/gut.5.4.346
DP  - 1964 Aug 01
TA  - Gut
PG  - 346--352
VI  - 5
IP  - 4
4099  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/5/4/346.short
4100  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/5/4/346.full
SO  - Gut1964 Aug 01; 5
AB  - Human serum albumin has been successfully labelled with tritium. It is considerably denatured in the process and has a shorter half life when given intravenously than 131I-labelled albumin. Nevertheless it is satisfactory for absorption studies, although not for turnover observations. These studies on absorption in control subjects and in patients with intestinal malabsorption indicate that the excreted radioactivity may have been derived from endogenous sources rather than from the results of malabsorption alone.