Cow's Milk-Induced Iron Deficiency Anemia as a Cause of Childhood Stroke

• Published in: Clinical pediatrics Vol. 41; no. 7; pp. 533 - 535
• Main Authors: Baptist, Errol C., Castillo, Samuel F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 708 Glen Cove Avenue, Glen Head, NY 11545 SAGE Publications 01.09.2002; Westminster; Sage Publications, Inc; Westminster Publications, Inc
• Subjects: Anemia; Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - complications; Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - etiology; Anemias. Hemoglobinopathies; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Care and treatment; Case studies; Causes of; Children & youth; Complications and side effects; Diseases of red blood cells; Female; Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases; Humans; Infant; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Iron deficiency anemia; Medical sciences; Milk; Milk - adverse effects; Neurology; Pediatrics; Stroke; Stroke (Disease); Stroke - etiology; Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system; United States; Human; Nervous system diseases; Stroke; Iron deficiency anemia; Cardiovascular disease; Infant; Hemopathy; Cerebral disorder; Vascular disease; Case study; Etiology; Central nervous system disease; Complication; Female; Cow milk; Diagnosis; Sideropenia; Cerebrovascular disease
• ISSN: 0009-9228; 1938-2707
• DOI: 10.1177/000992280204100714

Baptist and Castillo describe an 18-month-old girl who developed a cerebrovascular accident as the result of severe iron deficiency anemia. A nutritionally deficient diet with excessive consumption of cow's milk preceded the event.