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an adult who eats an adequate, balanced diet is diagnosed with a vitamin b12 deficiency. how might this deficiency have developed, and how will likely it be treated?

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not getting enough vitamin B12 from their diet. A diet that includes meat, fish and dairy products usually provides enough vitamin B12, but people who do not regularly eat these foods can become deficient

to treat it-injections of vitamin B12, in a form called hydroxocobalamin
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