A 2-week-old male child is brought to your clinic by his parents for a routine checkup. You carry out the general examination and find everything to be normal. However, a quick chat with the parents reveals that the kid is being exclusively breastfed, and the mother is planning to breast-feed the child until six months of age and later introduce the kid to solid food. Talking about the dietary choices, the father tells you that the whole family strictly follows a vegan diet, and they will be i ntroducing the kid to the solid food that conforms to their vegan diet.
Based on this information, the child could be at the highest risk of deficiency of which of the following vitamins? Vitamin B1 Vitamin B6 Vitamin B12 Vitamin C The correct answer is posted in the comment section below! *This patient case is from the Editorial Team of Docplexus and is meant for educational purposes only.
