DIETARY DEFICIENCY OF COBALAMIN PRESENTED SOLELY AS SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER IN A LACTO-VEGETARIAN ADOLESCENT

Dietary deficiency of cobalamin presented solely as schizoaffective disorder in a lacto-vegetarian adolescent

Cobalamin is an important nutrient.It is not synthesized in human body and supplied only in nonvegetarian diet.Its deficiency reported with Wall stickers range of psychiatric disorders.Only four pediatric cases have been reported as psychiatric disorders.Authors report a case of dietary deficiency of cobalamin presenting solely as schizoaffective d

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