Nutritional B12 deficiency in infants of vitamin B 12-deficient mothers

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 328-334

  Halicioglu, Oya ^a   Akman, Sezin Asik ^a   Sutcuoglu, Sumer ^a   Atabay, Berna ^a   Turker, Meral ^a   Akbay, Sinem ^a   Yaprak, Isin ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infants; Nutritional; Vitamin B 12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRON;

ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; LETHARGY; MALE; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MEGALOCYTOSIS; PALLOR; PANCYTOPENIA; POVERTY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; LACTATION; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA;

ANEMIA, MEGALOBLASTIC; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84860842488     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: 16642821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831/a000080     Document Type: Article

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