Folic acid deficiency

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• Synonyms

  • Folate deficiency

• Causes

  • Decreased folic acid intake
  • Folic acid malabsorption
  • Increased folate loss
  • Increased folate requirement
  • Folate antagonist drug

• Effects

  • Megaloblastic anaemia
  • Pancytopaenia
  • Homocysteinaemia
  • Anaemia of pregnancy
  • Neural tube defect

• Parents

  • Acquired metabolic disease

• Treatments

  • Folic acid

• Description

  • "Daily requirement = 100 - 200 mcg Stores sufficient for 4 months "