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Mysteries of Dosing Vitamin B12 and Much More!

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Funding: HSS, AVK: recipients of the Wellcome Trust/Department of Biotechnology India Alliance Clinical/Public Health Research Centre Grant (IA/CRC/19/1/610006).

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  1. St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Sarita Devi & Anura Viswanath Kurpad

  2. Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi, India

    Harshpal Singh Sachdev

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Devi, S., Sachdev, H.S. & Kurpad, A.V. Mysteries of Dosing Vitamin B12 and Much More!. Indian Pediatr 59, 677–678 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-022-2591-5

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