Blood, 1952, Vol. 7, No. 7, pp. 749-754.
© 1952 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
The Effect of Sublingual Administration of Crystalline
Vitamin B12 in Tropical Sprue
RAMÓN M. SUÁREZ M.D.1,
JUAN SABATER M.D.1,
RAMÓN M. SUÁREZ JR. M.D.1, and
ROBERTO BUSO M.D.1
1 Medical Service of Hospital Mimiya, Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Sublingual administration of crystalline vitamin B12 in daily doses of 25
µg for ten consecutive days failed to induce clinical or hematologic remissions
in 5 patients with tropical sprue.
Submitted on January 19, 1952
Accepted on March 4, 1952