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Folic Acid Deficiency

Known as: Vitamin B9 deficiency, deficiency folate, Folic Acid Deficiencies 
A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of FOLIC ACID in the diet. Many plant and animal tissues contain folic acid, abundant in green leafy… 
National Institutes of Health

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Anemia, MegaloblasticFIGLU TestFolic AcidFolic Acid 1 MG Oral Tablet

Narrower (1)

Folate Malabsorption, Hereditary

Broader (2)

Thiamine DeficiencyVitamin B Deficiency

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Laboratory diagnosis of vitamin B12 and folate deficiency.
Review
1995
Review
1995
DNA damage in folate deficiency.
Folate deficiency significantly increases uracil content and chromosome breaks (as measured by micronucleated cells) in human… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Elevation of serum cystathionine levels in patients with cobalamin and folate deficiency
Homocysteine can be methylated to form methionine by the cobalamin- (Cbl) and folate-dependent enzyme, methionine synthase; serum… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Radioisotopic assay for measurement of serum folate levels.
A radioisotopic assay is reported that accurately measures an almost identical serum folate to that measured by Lactobacillus… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Reversible Megaloblastic and Sideroblastic Marrow Abnormalities in Alcoholic Patients
A reversible type of sideroblastic anaemia was detected in a group of severe alcoholic patients with liver disease. All the… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Folic acid deficiency in pregnancy.
FOLATE deficiency has been recognized for some time to be the cause of most cases of macrocytic anemia of pregnancy.1 2 3 The… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
On the Diagnosis of Folic Acid Deficiency
Until only a few years ago, a hematological response to folic acid therapy in patients with a Bn-resistent megaloblastic anemia… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
RELATIVE FOLATE DEFICIENCY OF ERYTHROCYTES IN PERNICIOUS ANEMIA AND ITS CORRECTION WITH CYANOCOBALAMIN.
1. A relationship has been observed between the serum and erythrocyte folate in normal subjects. 2. Patients with folate… 
Review
1964
Review
1964
Symposium on Folic Acid Deficiency
Much of the interest in a hemopoietic factor in the liver other than vitamin B12 developed in large measure from the work of Lucy… 
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
A microbiologic method for detecting folic acid deficiency in man.
A microbiologic method based on Lactobacillus casei for assaying folic acid activity in serum is presented. The assay correlates… 
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