Vitamin B12Deficiency in Strict Vegetarians
- 7 December 1978
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 299 (23) , 1319-1320
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197812072992325
Abstract
To the Editor: The appearance of the article by Higginbottom et al. in the August 17 issue of the Journal was timely for us and helped with the diagnosis of a similar child, a 7 1/2-month-old girl admitted to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia because of ill temper and an increasing yellow hue of the skin.The child was the 3200-g product of an uncomplicated term pregnancy with regular prenatal care. The mother was a vegan who had avoided all animal products for the previous six years. She did not take any iron or vitamin supplements during or after the . . .Keywords
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