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Selective Malabsorption of Vitamin B 12 in a Negro Boy
Author(s) -
Buchanan N.,
Geefhuysen J.,
Cassel R.,
Green R.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0036-553X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1973.tb00110.x
Subject(s) - malabsorption , vitamin b12 , megaloblastic anaemia , vitamin b , malabsorption syndromes , medicine , vitamin , megaloblastic anemia , pediatrics , gastroenterology
A case of selective vitamin B 12 malabsorption is described in an 8‐year‐old Negro boy. The importance of considering vitamin B 12 as a possible cause of megaloblastic anaemia amongst malnourished children is stressed.