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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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Review
1998
Review
1998
Erythrocyte folate analysis: a cause for concern?
Neural tube defects can be prevented by adequate intake of periconceptional folate, and inverse associations between folate… 
1986
1986
Relationship between anaemia, iron and folacin deficiency, haemoglobinopathies and parasitic infection.
Iron status, folacin status, haemoglobinopathies, malarial infection and intestinal parasitosis frequencies were assessed in a… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Hepatic folate metabolism in the chronic alcoholic monkey.
To assess the role of altered hepatic folate metabolism in the pathogenesis of the folate deficiency of chronic alcoholism, the… 
1977
1977
The relationship of defective cell-mediated immunity to visceral disease in systemic sclerosis.
Phytohaemagglutinin-induced lymphocyte transformation and circulating thymus-dependent (T) lymphocyte numbers were studied in… 
Review
1975
Review
1975
Folic acid deficiency during intensive therapy.
Besser, G. M., et al., British Medical Journal, 1972, 3, 669. 2Friesen, H., and Hwang, P., Annual Review of Medicine, 1973, 24… 
1972
1972
Unbalanced Deoxyribonucleotide Synthesis Caused by Methotrexate
The effect of methotrexate on the free intracellular pools of thymidylate triphosphate (dTTP) and deoxyadenosine triphosphate… 
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
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Homeostasis of folic acid in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.
Abstract Folic acid balance, studied in patients on chronic dialysis to define the mechanisms rendering them susceptible to folic… 
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… 
1961
1961
The plasma clearance of injected doses of folic acid as an index of folic acid deficiency
The folic acid clearance test of Chanarin (1958) has been studied in normal white subjects, patients with megaloblastic anaemia… 
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