THE daily dietary requirement for folic acid is unknown, as is the minimal dose of folic acid that will induce hematologic response in a patient with folic acid deficiency. However, it has recently ...

THE investigations of Castle and co-workers 1–6 over the past quarter century strongly support the thesis that pernicious anemia is the result of a gastric defect manifested by an inadequate ...

October 24, 2011 — In nonstraightforward bone marrow analysis, the presence of 30% or more CD34+ megakaryocytes is a strong indicator of megaloblastic anemia or a myeloid neoplasm, according to a ...

Folates are found in a wide variety of animal and vegetable foods. Good sources in developing countries include liver, green vegetables, tubers, bananas and mangoes. Poor sources are grains (e.g. rice ...