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Descriptor
English
:
Folic Acid Deficiency
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Deficiencia de Ácido Fólico
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Deficiência de Ácido Fólico
Tree Number:
C18.654.521.500.133.699.308
SP6.016.052.063.114.015
Definition
English
:
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. (Merck Manual, 16th ed)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
a vitamin B defic; DF:
FOLIC ACID
DEFIC
See Related
English
:
Anemia, Sideroblastic
FIGLU Test
History Note
English
:
66(64)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
5631
Unique Identifier:
D005494
Occurrence in VHL
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