2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2009.12.003
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Clinical presentation and metabolic consequences in 40 breastfed infants with nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency – What have we learned?

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“…Whereas iron deficiency is considered the leading cause of anemia in infants (3), cobalamin deficiency is foremost characterized by developmental delay in this age group (2,4). Infants with marginal cobalamin deficiency are reported to have normal hematological values (5,6), and pancytopenia and macrocytic anemia are mainly observed in severe and longstanding cobalamin deficiency (2).…”
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“…Whereas iron deficiency is considered the leading cause of anemia in infants (3), cobalamin deficiency is foremost characterized by developmental delay in this age group (2,4). Infants with marginal cobalamin deficiency are reported to have normal hematological values (5,6), and pancytopenia and macrocytic anemia are mainly observed in severe and longstanding cobalamin deficiency (2).…”
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“…This is in contrast to those with 'classical' methylmalonic aciduria, who will typically present within hours to weeks of birth [3]. In mothers with reduced Cbl levels, particularly those who, themselves, remain asymptomatic, exclusively breastfeeding an infant for the first months of life can lead to the development of deficiency [14].…”
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“…of the symptoms, and an appropriate intervention at the earliest possible opportunity. The risk of permanent neurological damage is greatest in those where the maternal deficiency is unknown and where there is a significant diagnostic delay [14]. It has also previously been shown that pernicious anaemia may present non-classically, or may be asymptomatic.…”
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“…Un hijo de una madre deficiente en vitamina B12 puede nacer con la deficiencia o puede presentarla después, si recibe lactancia materna exclusiva 9 . Una adecuada ingesta y absorción de vitamina B12 durante el embarazo y la lactancia son factores protectores del déficit en el niño, siendo esto aún más relevante que el estado previo de los depósitos maternos 10 .…”
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“…La deficiencia de vitamina B12 presenta un amplio espectro de manifestaciones clíni-cas (tabla 1). Estas han sido mayoritariamente descritas en series de casos de lactantes de mujeres con depósitos insuficientes ya sea de causa endógena (anemia perniciosa) o nutricional (veganas/vegetarianas) en los cuales se describen las manifestaciones iniciales 9,11 . En uno de estos estudios, el cual fue de corte transversal, se describió las manifestaciones clínicas de 40 lactantes de mujeres deficientes, las cuales fueron divididas en grupos según el grado de deficiencia en: leve (niveles de cobalamina ≥ 100 ng/l) y severa (niveles de cobalamina < 100 ng/l), observándose en este último grupo mayoritariamente madres con malabsorción y mayor frecuencia de manifestaciones neurológicas en los lactantes 9 .…”
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