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Folic Acid Deficiency Anemia Learning Center

Causes could include:
Folate, also called folic acid, is necessary for red blood cell formation and growth. You can get folate by eating green leafy vegetables and liver. Some medications, such as phenytoin (Dilantin), interfere with the absorption of this vitamin. Bec...
Source:ADAM
Date:November 23, 2008
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
Folate deficiency means you have a lower-than-normal amount of folic acid, a type of B vitamin, in your blood. See also: Folic acid
Source:ADAM
Date:August 9, 2009
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