Tcomeau
Wed, Aug-18-04, 19:19
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5204a1.htm
During 2001, neurologic impairment resulting from
cobalamin (vitamin
B12) deficiency was diagnosed in two children in Georgia. The
children were breastfed by mothers who followed
vegetarian diets*. This report summarizes the two cases
and provides guidance for health-care providers on
identifying and preventing cobalamin deficiency among
breastfed infants of vegetarian mothers.
TC
During 2001, neurologic impairment resulting from
cobalamin (vitamin
B12) deficiency was diagnosed in two children in Georgia. The
children were breastfed by mothers who followed
vegetarian diets*. This report summarizes the two cases
and provides guidance for health-care providers on
identifying and preventing cobalamin deficiency among
breastfed infants of vegetarian mothers.
TC