Sublingual methylcobalamin treatment is as effective as intramuscular and peroral cyanocobalamin in children age 0-3 years.
Betül Orhan KiliçSerhat KiliçElif Şahin EroğluEylem GülFatma Burcu Belen ApakPublished in: Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (2022)
What's already known about this topic? It is already known that intramuscular and oral cyanocobalamin treatments are effective in vitamin B12 deficiency of children. What does this article add? Sublingual methylcobalamin treatment, which is a new treatment method, was found to be as effective as oral and intramuscular cyanocobalamin treatments. To our knowledge, there is no study about sublingual treatment in children and comparing oral cyanocobalamin, intramuscular cyanocobalamin, sublingual methylcobalamin.