| Title |
Maternal vegan diet causing a serious infantile neurological disorder due to vitamin B12 deficiency
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|---|---|
| Published in |
European Journal of Pediatrics, January 1991
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| DOI | 10.1007/bf01963568 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
T. Kühne, R. Bubl, R. Baumgartner |
| Abstract |
We present a 9-month-old exclusively breast-fed baby of a strict vegetarian mother who had excluded all animal proteins from her diet. The patient's symptoms included dystrophy, weakness, muscular atrophy, loss of tendon reflexes, psychomotor regression and haematological abnormalities. Biochemical investigations revealed severe methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria in the patient, slight methylmalonic aciduria in the mother and low concentrations of serum vitamin B12 in both patient and mother. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 6% |
| United States | 2 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |
| Malta | 1 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Belgium | 1 | 3% |
| Japan | 1 | 3% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 23 | 64% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 29 | 81% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 14% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
| Scientists | 1 | 3% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 80 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 26% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 19% |
| Researcher | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 14 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 16% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 7% |
| Psychology | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 19 | 23% |
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