Pancytopenia due to vitamin B12 deficiency in a breast-fed infant

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 365-367

  Yenicesu, Idil ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast fed; Childhood; Nutritional B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRRITABILITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PANCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ANEMIA, MEGALOBLASTIC; BREAST FEEDING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 45749086514     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010802016789     Document Type: Article

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