| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,900,053,549 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
folate deficiency |
Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
folate deficiency,
a deficiency of folic acid. See also folic acid. folate deficiency Folic acid deficiency Hematology A condition caused by a decrease in dietary folic acid, resulting in megaloblastic anermia, GI tract complaints–eg, glossitis, stomatitis, malabsorption, infertility, neural tube
defects, and possibly also psychiatric complaints and peripheral neuropathy. See Megaloblastic anemia. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Mentioned in | ? | References in periodicals archive | ? | Medical browser | ? | Full browser | ? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bactrim Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy co-trimoxazole Daraprim folate folic acid iron deficiency anemia macrocytic anemia macrocytosis methylmalonic acid pyrimethamine Septra sickle cell crisis stomatitis sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim trimethoprim Vitamins | Arsenic retention in tissues is increased with dietary methyl donor deficiency (Vahter and Marafante 1987), and urinary As (uAs) excretion is decreased in folate deficiency (Spiegelstein et al. Considering the potential synergistic deleterious effects of Hey increase and folate deficiency on the central nervous system, these researchers believe folic acid should be supplemented in patients affected by PD in order to normalize blood Hey and folate levels, therefore potentially avoiding these risk factors for neurologic deterioration in this disorder. Symptoms of folate deficiency appear with a sore red tongue, anemia, fatigue, digestive disorders, insomnia, decreased memory, paranoia, heavy breathing, profuse menstrual bleeding, dry cough, graying hair, growth impairment and fetal birth defects. |
folate deficiency |
Fokker, Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker-planck equation Fokker-planck equation FoKL FOKM FOKO Fokon FOKP FOKS FOkt FOKUS FOKW FOL FOL FöL fol. FOLA FOLAC folacin folacin folacin folacin vitamin folacin vitamin folacin vitamin Folan Folar folate folate folate folate deficiency Folate-Poly-L-Lysinefolates folates FOLAV FOLB FOLBA FOLBC Folbort, Georgii Folbort, Georgii Vladimirovich FOLC FOLCI fold fold fold fold fold fold Fold and Function Assignment System fold arms fold arms fold arms fold arms fold away fold away fold back fold back fold belt fold case Fold Classification Based on Structure-Structure Alignment of Proteins fold dermatitis | |||||||
| Medical Dictionary |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|