Vitamin B 12 Deficiency Presenting as Failure to Thrive, Regression of Milestones, and Severe Hemolytic Anemia in an Infant: A Case Report

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1 JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE, JSS ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH,MYSORE,INDIA - JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE, JSS ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, MYSORE, INDIA

2 JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE, JSS ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH,MYSORE,INDIA - JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE, JSS ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH,MYSORE,INDIA

3 JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE, JSS ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH,MYSORE,INDIA - JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE, JSS ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH,MYSORE,INDIA

4 JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE, JSS ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH,MYSORE,INDIA - MEDICAL COLLEGE, JSS ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, MYSORE, INDIA

doi
10.18502/ijpho.v16i1.20430
چکیده

Vitamin B12 is essential for DNA synthesis and is necessary for the development of the central nervous system. Vitamin B12 deficiency occurs in babies who are exclusively breast-fed by mothers with insufficient stores of vitamin B12. In vitamin B12 deficiency, the clinical features are mainly hematological and neurological. Megaloblastic anemia ...