Folic acid deficiency: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
imported>Robert Badgett (New page: {{subpages}}'''Folic acid deficiency''' is a "nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of folic acid in the diet. many plant and animal tissues contain folic acid, abundant in green ...) |
imported>Robert Badgett No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{subpages}}'''Folic acid deficiency''' is a "nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of folic acid in the diet. | {{subpages}}'''Folic acid deficiency''' is 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 vegetables, yeast, liver, and mushrooms but destroyed by long-term cooking. Alcohol interferes with its intermediate metabolism and absorption. Folic acid deficiency may develop in long-term anticonvulsant therapy or with use of oral contraceptives. this deficiency causes [[anemia]], macrocytic anemia, and megaloblastic anemia. It is indistinguishable from [[vitamin B 12 deficiency]] in peripheral blood and bone marrow findings, but the neurologic lesions seen in B 12 deficiency do not occur."<ref>{{MeSH|Folic acid deficiency}}</ref> | ||
Folic acid deficiency may underly 3% of cases of macrocytic [[anemia]].<ref name="pmid18414954">{{cite journal |author=Ashraf MJ, Cook JR, Rothberg MB |title=Clinical Utility of Folic Acid Testing for Patients with Anemia or Dementia |journal=J Gen Intern Med |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2008 |pmid=18414954 |doi=10.1007/s11606-008-0615-z |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-008-0615-z |issn=}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
Revision as of 04:49, 22 April 2008
Folic acid deficiency is 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 vegetables, yeast, liver, and mushrooms but destroyed by long-term cooking. Alcohol interferes with its intermediate metabolism and absorption. Folic acid deficiency may develop in long-term anticonvulsant therapy or with use of oral contraceptives. this deficiency causes anemia, macrocytic anemia, and megaloblastic anemia. It is indistinguishable from vitamin B 12 deficiency in peripheral blood and bone marrow findings, but the neurologic lesions seen in B 12 deficiency do not occur."[1]
Folic acid deficiency may underly 3% of cases of macrocytic anemia.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Folic acid deficiency (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Ashraf MJ, Cook JR, Rothberg MB (2008). "Clinical Utility of Folic Acid Testing for Patients with Anemia or Dementia". J Gen Intern Med. DOI:10.1007/s11606-008-0615-z. PMID 18414954. Research Blogging.