Vitamin B12 Deficiency and Infantile Convulsions

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-11-5

Keywords:

Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions, Homocysteinuria

Abstract

The association of vitamin B12 deficiency and benign familial infantile convulsions (BFIC) is reported in one 4-month-old boy admitted to the University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, and in an additional 4 of 14 infants with BFIC who were found to have homocysteinuria or methylmalonic aciduria.

Published

1999-11-01

Issue

Section

Seizure Disorders