Severe vitamin B12 deficiency in infants breastfed by vegans;Svær vitamin B 12 -mangel hos spædbørn brysternæret af veganere

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 171, Issue 43, 2009, Pages

  Roed, Casper ^a   Skovby, Flemming ^a   Meldgaard, Allan ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; VEGETARIAN DIET;

BREAST FEEDING; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 70350704712     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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