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Megaloblastic Anemia in Infancy: Megaloblastic Anemia Occurring in an Infant of a Mother Suffering from Pernicious Anemia of Pregnancy
Author(s) -
ZETTERSTRÖM R.,
FRANZÉN S.
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1954.tb04041.x
Subject(s) - medicine , megaloblastic anemia , pernicious anemia , anemia , vitamin b12 , pregnancy , folic acid , intrinsic factor , pediatrics , genetics , biology
Summary 1. A case is described of megaloblastic anemia in a four months old breast fed infant, whose mother was suffering from pernicious anemia of pregnancy. The anemia responded promptly to vitamin B 12 . There was no further therapeutic effect from folic acid, a fact indicating that vitamin B ]2 was the missing factor in this case.