Vitamin B12 deficiency in infancy as a cause of developmental regression

Brain and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 592-594

  Casella, Erasmo Barbante ^a,b   Valente, Marcelo ^a   De Navarro, Jessie Medeiros ^a   Kok, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebral atrophy; Developmental regression; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BREAST FEEDING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ATROPHY; BRAIN; BREAST FEEDING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 27944473046     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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