Coma and respiratory failure in a child with severe vitamin B12 deficiency

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 483-485

  Codazzi, Daniela ^a   Sala, Francesca ^b   Parini, Rossella ^c   Langer, Martin ^d  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 22144478676     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000167565.30084.84     Document Type: Article

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