Folic Acid Deficiency

  • Facts:
    MCC is nutritional due to poor diet and/or ETOHism
    Drugs can impair absorption ( phenytoin ) or antagonize its physiologic effect (methotrexate, trimethoprim)
  • History / PE:
    Megaloblastic anemia
  • Treatment:
    Folic acid supplementaion



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July 3rd 2010