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Micronutrients and malnutrition - Folates deficiency and toxicity

10 Dec 2020 2 minute read 2 comments Heruvim78

The deficiency can be caused by inadequate intake, defective absorption, abnormal metabolism or increased requirements. You can detect this directly, measuring red cell folate concentration, or indirectly, if the blood concentration of homocysteine i...