Abstract
Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause serious developmental regression, hypotonia and cerebral atrophy
in infants. We report a 6-month-old infant, with insidious developmental regression
and brain atrophy showed by CT scan, secondarily to vitamin B12 deficiency. His mother was a strict vegetarian and the patient was exclusively breastfed.
The clinical symptoms and the brain CT were normalized after vitamin B12 administration.
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Publication history
Accepted:
February 9,
2005
Received in revised form:
February 8,
2005
Received:
February 3,
2004
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© 2005 Elsevier B.V. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
