Persistence of neurological damage induced by dietary vitamin B-12 deficiency in infancy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-139

  Von Schenck, Ursula ^a   Bender Götze, Christine ^a   Koletzko, Berthold ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cobalamine deficiency; Psychomotor development; Vegan diets; Vegetarian diets

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; VEGETARIAN DIET;

EID: 0030883125     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.77.2.137     Document Type: Article

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