Reply to: “Infantile Acquired Vitamin B12 Deficiency”

Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2019; 17(06): 224
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1677502

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Ala Fadilah

¹Department of Paediatric Neurology, Ryegate Children's Centre, Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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