Cranial magnetic resonance imaging findings of nutritional Vitamin B 12 deficiency in 15 hypotonic infants

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 266-270

  Taskesen, Mustafa ^a   Yaramis, Ahmet ^a   Pirinccioglu, Ayfer Gozu ^a   Ekici, Faysal ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cranial magnetic resonance imaging; Hypotonia; Infant; Vitamin B 12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYELINATION; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL RETARDATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYLVIAN FISSURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84859969604     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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