Selective cobalamin (vitamin B12) malabsorption in adolescence. A case report.
Selective cobalamin (vitamin B12) malabsorption has been well described as a familial phenomenon, but severe pancytopenia in adolescence as a result of this defect has not previously been documented.
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Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000209:etiology*; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
D014805:Vitamin B 12