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Is the Time Ripe to Shift to Oral Vitamin B12 Therapy in Megaloblastic Anemia — Perhaps, Not Yet!

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  1. Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Mukul Aggarwal, Amiya Ranjan Nayak & Manoranjan Mahapatra

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Contributors: MA, ARN conceptualized and drafted the manuscript. MA, MM critically analyzed and finally approved it. All authors contributed to writing and designing the manuscript.

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Aggarwal, M., Nayak, A.R. & Mahapatra, M. Is the Time Ripe to Shift to Oral Vitamin B12 Therapy in Megaloblastic Anemia — Perhaps, Not Yet!. Indian Pediatr 59, 679–680 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-022-2592-4

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