Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, 2018 Objectives: To determine the frequency of folic acid deficiency in consecutive serum folate determinations and to determine whether there was a significant decrease in serum folate deficiency after folate was added to wheat flour.
Alejandro Godoy, Aldo Hugo Tabares
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Glycine decarboxylase deficiency causes neural tube defects and features of non-ketotic hyperglycinemia in mice. [PDF]
, 2015 Glycine decarboxylase (GLDC) acts in the glycine cleavage system to decarboxylate glycine and transfer a one-carbon unit into folate one-carbon metabolism. GLDC mutations cause a rare recessive disease non-ketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH).
Brosnan, JT +9 more
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Toward eradication of B-vitamin deficiencies : considerations for crop biofortification [PDF]
, 2018 'Hidden hunger' involves insufficient intake of micronutrients and is estimated to affect over two billion people on a global scale. Malnutrition of vitamins and minerals is known to cause an alarming number of casualties, even in the developed world ...
Strobbe, Simon +1 more
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Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2020 Folate deficiency has been suggested as a risk factor for depression in preclinical and clinical studies. Several hypotheses of mechanisms underlying folate deficiency-induced depressive symptoms have been proposed, but the detailed mechanisms are still ...
Shoji Nishida +7 more
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Folate – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023
Food & Nutrition Research, 2023 Folate is an essential micronutrient for normal development and metabolic function, and folate deficiency is associated with an increased risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, mental dysfuntion and negative pregnancy outcomes.
Anne-Lise Bjørke-Monsen +1 more
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Plasma and Erythrocyte Folate in Iron Deficiency and Folate Deficiency [PDF]
Blood, 1970 Abstract Erythrocyte and plasma folate levels were studied before treatment in 20 patients with iron deficiency anemia and in 23 patients with megaloblastic anemia due to folate deficiency. Fourteen of the cases of iron deficiency anemia were also studied after treatment with oral iron alone.
A, Omer +4 more
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Effectiveness of folic acid fortified flour for prevention of neural tube defects in a high risk region [PDF]
, 2016 Despite efforts to tackle folate deficiency and Neural Tube Defects (NTDs) through folic acid fortification, its implementation is still lacking where it is needed most, highlighting the need for studies that evaluate the effectiveness of folic acid ...
Chen, Gong +6 more
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Infant Serum and Maternal Milk Vitamin B-12 Are Positively Correlated in Kenyan Infant-Mother Dyads at 1-6 Months Postpartum, Irrespective of Infant Feeding Practice. [PDF]
, 2018 BackgroundVitamin B-12 is an essential nutrient required for many functions including DNA synthesis, erythropoiesis, and brain development. If maternal milk vitamin B-12 concentrations are low, infants may face elevated risks of deficiency when ...
Achando, Beryl +9 more
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Juvenile onset central nervous system folate deficiency and rheumatoid arthritis. [PDF]
, 2008 Isolated cerebral folate deficiency was detected in a 13-year-old girl with cognitive and motor difficulties and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Her serum contains autoantibodies that block membrane-bound folate receptors that are on the choroid plexus ...
Butler, Ian J +3 more
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Transcobalamin C776G genotype modifies the association between vitamin B12 and homocysteine in older Hispanics. [PDF]
, 2010 Background/objectivesA common polymorphism, C776G, in the plasma B12 transport protein transcobalamin (TC), encodes for either proline or arginine at codon 259.
Allen, LH +4 more
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