Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting as oedema in infants of vegetarian mothers

Eur J Pediatr. 2005 Apr;164(4):257-8. doi: 10.1007/s00431-004-1616-5. Epub 2005 Jan 20.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast Feeding / adverse effects*
  • Diet, Vegetarian / adverse effects*
  • Edema / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
  • Mothers
  • Vitamin B 12 / therapeutic use
  • Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / drug therapy
  • Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / etiology*

Substances

  • Vitamin B 12