Clinical manifestations of infants with nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency due to maternal dietary deficiency

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-102

  Zengin, E ^a   Sarper, N ^a,b   Caki Kilic S ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infants; Maternal dietary deficiency; Nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; NEUTROPENIA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREMOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

ANEMIA, MEGALOBLASTIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 57449083976     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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