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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
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methotrexate, and in the treatment of megaloblastic anemias due to folic acid deficiency and colorectal carcinoma. Folic acid deficiency may thus play a role in acute lymphocytic leukemia, a team of U. ``Women might have some sort of folic acid deficiency,'' he said. |
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