"Folic Acid Deficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
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D005494
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.500.133.699.308
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| Concept/Terms |
Folic Acid Deficiency- Folic Acid Deficiency
- Deficiency, Folic Acid
- Acid Deficiencies, Folic
- Acid Deficiency, Folic
- Deficiencies, Folic Acid
- Folic Acid Deficiencies
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Folic Acid Deficiency" by people in Profiles.
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Interaction of dietary folate intake, alcohol, and risk of hormone receptor-defined breast cancer in a prospective study of postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Oct; 11(10 Pt 1):1104-7.
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Dietary folate intake, alcohol, and risk of breast cancer in a prospective study of postmenopausal women. Epidemiology. 2001 Jul; 12(4):420-8.
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Folate status during pregnancy in women is improved by long-term high vegetable intake compared with the average western diet. J Nutr. 2001 Mar; 131(3):733-9.