Megaloblastic Anemia in Infancy: Megaloblastic Anemia Occurring in an Infant of a Mother Suffering from Pernicious Anemia of Pregnancy

Summary 1. A case is described of megaloblastic anemia in a four months old breast fed infant, whose mother was suffering from pernicious anemia of pregnancy. The anemia responded promptly to vitamin B12. There was no further therapeutic effect from folic acid, a fact indicating that vitamin B]2 was the missing factor in this case.