✦ LIBER ✦
Reversal of severe neurological abnormalities after vitamin B12replacement in the Imerslund-Grasbeck syndrome
✍ Scribed by Mohammad M. Salameh; Ramzi W. Banda; Ahmad A. Mohdi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 354 KB
- Volume
- 238
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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✦ Synopsis
Vitamin B12 malabsorption in the ileum has been postulated as the underlying cause of the Imerslund-Grasbeck syndrome comprising megaloblastic anemia, proteinuria, and multiple neurological abnormalities. A young Saudi child with spasticity, truncal ataxia, cerebral atrophy, megaloblastic anaemia and proteinuria is described. Replacement therapy with parenteral vitamin B12 resulted in the complete resolution of his neurological findings and brain atrophy.