Title

Impact of injectable vitamin B12 among malnourished Indian children

Authors

Shubham Saniyar*, Asmita Chakraborty, Pushkar Singh Parihar, Meena Patel & Jeetendra Singh

Affiliation

¹Department of Pediatrics, Shyam Shah Medical College Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India;  *Corresponding author

Email

Shubham Saniyar - E-mail: saniyarshubham@gmail.com
Asmita Chakraborty - E-mail: asmitachak18@gmail.com
Pushkar Singh Parihar - E-mail: psparihar56@gmail.com
Meena Patel - E-mail: ajoye1962@gmail.com
Jeetendra Singh - E-mail: niharikasinghsidhi@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received March 1, 2026; Revised March 31, 2026; Accepted March 31, 2026, Published March 31, 2026

Abstract

Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) is often associated with micronutrient deficiencies, including vitamin B12, which is crucial for hematological function and neurodevelopment. Vitamin B12 deficiency in early childhood can result in clinical illness, developmental delay and regression of developmental milestones. Therefore, it is of interest to assess the impact of injectable vitamin B12 supplementation on clinical and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children aged 6–30 months with SAM and vitamin B12 deficiency. The study used clinical, neurological and neurodevelopmental assessments before and after three months of supplementation. This study advances our understanding of the role of vitamin B12 supplementation in improving both clinical and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with SAM and deficiency.

Keywords

Severe acute malnutrition (SAM), vitamin B12 deficiency, neurodevelopmental delay, injectable vitamin B12

Citation

Saniyar et al. Bioinformation 22(3): 1491-1495 (2026)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.