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FOLATE [4 records]

Record 1 2004-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Biochemistry
DEF

A crystalline pteroglutamic acid ... that is a vitamin of the B complex and is used in the treatment of nutritional anemias and sprue: folic acid (the uptake of folate by the mutant).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Biochimie
DEF

Sel ou ester de l’acide folique utilisé, entre autres, dans le traitement de l’anémie nutritionnelle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Bioquímica
OBS

Componente indispensable en la síntesis de hierro, cuya deficiencia causa anemia.

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Record 2 2002-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Medication

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Médicaments

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Medicamentos
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Record 3 1986-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments

Spanish

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Record 4 1984-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Imaging
CONT

Commercial enthusiasm and hospital laboratory acceptance has led to the widespread use of incompletely validated ... radioisotope dilution assays for Cbl (cobalamin) and folate levels ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imagerie médicale
CONT

(...) l'enthousiasme commercial et la réception favorable dans les laboratoires hospitaliers auraient entraîné l'usage répandu des dosages de dilution isotopique(...) pour les taux de cobalamine(Cbl) et de folate.

Spanish

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