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Severe nutritional vitamin deficiency in a breast-fed infant of a vegan mother

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Isala Klinieken, 10500, 8000 GM , Zwolle, The Netherlands

    Rianne Baatenburg de Jong, Jolita Bekhof, Ruurdjan Roorda & Pieter Zwart

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Baatenburg de Jong, R., Bekhof, J., Roorda, R. et al. Severe nutritional vitamin deficiency in a breast-fed infant of a vegan mother. Eur J Pediatr 164, 259–260 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-004-1613-8

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