Juvenile cobalamin deficiency in a 17-year-old child with autonomic dysfunction and skin changes

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-142

  Siddiqui, Abdul Hafeez ^a   Ansari, Aamir ^b   Beech, Cameron M ^c   Shah, Nidhi P ^c   Tanner, Stephan M ^c   Sarnaik, Sharada A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; cobalamin; hypersegmented neutrophils; neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NITROGEN; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITARY ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; INTESTINE MOTILITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MEGALOCYTOSIS; ONSET AGE; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RASH; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; STOMACH SURGERY; UNDERWEIGHT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE VOLUME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; EXANTHEMA; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MALE; MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84857913883     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31822817bb     Document Type: Article

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