Megaloblastic anaemia due to vitamin B 12 deficiency is rare in childhood. However, as
most cases are due to maternal insufficiency, it is mainly seen in breastfed infants especially …

Vitamin B 12 or cobalamin deficiency, a rare clinical entity in pediatric age, is found most
exclusively in breastfed infants, whose mothers are strictly vegetarian non-supplemented or …

Pregnant women with low B 12 levels are unable to provide the necessary amount of this
vitamin to their fetuses. The mothers are usually not anemic, and failure to thrive and …

The authors present a case of severe megaloblastic anemia and neurologic damage due to
vitamin B 12 deficiency in a 6-month-old infant. The cause of the vitamin deficiency was a …

A 15-year-old boy on a vegetarian diet presented with severe macrocytic anaemia
(haemoglobin, 5.1 g/dL; mean corpuscular volume, 116 fL) in addition to leucopenia and …

Megaloblastic anaemia in infancy is uncommon in western countries. We describe a case of
an exclusively breast-fed monozygous twin with severe vitamin B 12 deficiency with …

DISCUSSION Megaloblastosis in infants is uncommon. A review in Melbourne showed only
19 cases in a 25-year period [1]. Thirty percent were due to maternal vitamin B12 deficiency …

We aimed to investigate the presence of psychomotor retardation, physical and laboratory
examination in infants with megaloblastic anemia. Inclusion criteria for the study were; age 9 …

MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA in childhood is rare. The majority of reported cases are the
result of a nutritional deficiency? Herein we describe a unique case of severe vitamin B~ 2 …

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 …