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Severe vitamin B12 deficiency in an exclusively breastfed 5-month-old Italian infant born to a mother receiving multivitamin supplementation during pregnancy

BACKGROUND: In infants, vitamin B12 deficiency may be due to an inborn error of absorption and metabolism, or nutritional problems. CASE PRESENTATION: An exclusively breastfed 5-month-old Italian male infant, who was born after a normal full-term pregnancy to a vegan mother who was apparently daily...

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Autores principales: Guez, Sophie, Chiarelli, Gabriella, Menni, Francesca, Salera, Simona, Principi, Nicola, Esposito, Susanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22726312
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-85