Vitamin B12 deficiency: A cause of abnormal movements in infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-256

  Emery, Edward Stanley ^a   Homans, Alan C ^b   Colletti, Richard B ^b  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; GLYCINE; HOMOCYSTINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

GLYCINE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030934567     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.2.255     Document Type: Article

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