Clinical and neurological findings of severe vitamin B12 deficiency in infancy and importance of early diagnosis and treatment

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 820-824

  Demir, Nihat ^a   Koc, Ahmet ^b   Üstyol, Lokman ^a   Peker, Erdal ^a   Abuhandan, Mahmut ^c  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

early diagnosis; infant; neurological finding; vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVULSION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PALLOR; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TREMOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84886092523     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12292     Document Type: Article

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