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Optic neuropathy associated with vitamin B12 deficiency.

Abstract
A 17-year-old boy with vitamin B12 deficiency that occurred after a small bowel resection developed bilateral centrocecal scotomas during folic acid therapy and improved on therapy including vitamin B complex.
AuthorsD Stambolian, M Behrens
JournalAmerican journal of ophthalmology (Am J Ophthalmol) Vol. 83 Issue 4 Pg. 465-8 (Apr 1977) ISSN: 0002-9394 [Print] United States
PMID868946 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Folic Acid
  • Vitamin B 12
  • Hydroxocobalamin
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Folic Acid (adverse effects)
  • Gangrene (surgery)
  • Humans
  • Hydroxocobalamin (therapeutic use)
  • Infectious Mononucleosis (drug therapy)
  • Intestine, Small (surgery)
  • Malabsorption Syndromes (complications)
  • Male
  • Optic Nerve Diseases (drug therapy, etiology)
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Scotoma (etiology)
  • Vitamin B 12 (therapeutic use)
  • Vitamin B 12 Deficiency (complications, drug therapy, etiology)

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