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FOLATE DEFICIENCY [1 record]

Record 1 1987-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
DEF

Reduction in the level of serum folate due either to dietary deficiency, malabsorption, or the effect of anticonvulsant drugs such as phenytoin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
CONT

Comme le médicament peut entraver le métabolisme des folates, on recommande des hémogrammes périodiques pendant un traitement prolongé chez les malades prédisposés à une carence en folates (c.-à-d., les sujets âgés, les alcooliques chroniques et les malades atteints de polyarthrite rhumatoïde) [...].

Spanish

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