Folic acid deficiency
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Etiology
- Dietary deficiency
- Decreased absorption: tropical sprue, drugs (phenytoin, sulfasalazine, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole)
- Increased requirement: chronic hemolytic anemia, pregnancy, exfoliative skin disease
- Loss: dialysis
- Inhibition of reduction to active form: methotrexate
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Folic Acid Deficiency." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114647/all/Folic_acid_deficiency.
Zeiger RF. Folic acid deficiency. Diagnosaurus. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114647/all/Folic_acid_deficiency. Accessed April 25, 2019.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Folic acid deficiency. In Diagnosaurus. Available from https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114647/all/Folic_acid_deficiency
Zeiger RF. Folic Acid Deficiency [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2019 April 25]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114647/all/Folic_acid_deficiency.
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