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Folic Acid Deficiency Anemia : Causes

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Folate-deficiency anemia
Some medications, such as phenytoin(Dilantin), interfere with the absorption of this vitamin. Because folate is not stored in the body in large amounts, a continual dietary supply of this vitamin is needed to maintain normal levels.In folate-defic...
Source:ADAM
Date:November 23, 2008
Folic Acid Deficiency Anemia
This condition usually results from a diet lacking in foods with high folic acid content, or from the body's inability to digest foods or absorb foods having high folic acid content. Other factors that increase the risk of developing folic acid de...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Causes Articles

Folate deficiency
Folate deficiency means you have a lower-than-normal amount of folic acid, a type of B vitamin, in your blood.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 10, 2008
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