Variable response to vitamin B12 of megaloblastic anemia of infancy

Variable response to vitamin B12 of megaloblastic anemia of infancy

Two cases of megaloblastic anemia in infancy have improved following treatment with vitamin B12. A third case failed to respond to this factor but subsequently responded to pteroylglutamic acid (folic acid). It is suggested that megaloblastic anemia may be a syndrome which embraces more than one ent...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1949-12, Vol.4 (6), p.723-729
Hauptverfasser: WOODRUFF, C W, RIPY, H W
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Anemia
Anemia, Megaloblastic
Anemia, Pernicious
Hematinics
Old Medline
Vitamin B 12
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Zusammenfassung:Two cases of megaloblastic anemia in infancy have improved following treatment with vitamin B12. A third case failed to respond to this factor but subsequently responded to pteroylglutamic acid (folic acid). It is suggested that megaloblastic anemia may be a syndrome which embraces more than one entity.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.4.6.723