Life-threatening Manifestations of Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Infants on a Vegan Diet
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-1480-7938" target="_blank" >10.1055/a-1480-7938</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Life-threatening Manifestations of Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Infants on a Vegan Diet
Original language description
This article may help to increase awareness of this rare but potentially life-threatening complication of nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency among health professionals in pediatric care and may have some practical consequences. Firstly, a history of a vegan diet could be an important clue in the differential diagnosis in an infant with sudden symptomatology (e. g. unconsciousness, seizures or metabolic impairment). Secondly, all presented patients did not adequately supplement vitamin B12. This emphasizes the role of appropriate and regular medical supervision in infants on a vegan diet. Vitamin B12 supplementation is always necessary, while iron, calcium, omega 3 fatty acids, selen and zinc substitution is recommended only in individual cases.
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30209 - Paediatrics
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů