PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | anemia, megaloblastic |
| Phenotype | C0016412|folate deficiency |
| Sentences | 6 |
| PubMedID- 26576179 | Folic acid is not stored in the human body in large quantities, and even short durations of inadequate intake or malabsorption can cause folate deficiency, leading to megaloblastic anemia25). |
| PubMedID- 24298825 | folate deficiency is associated with hyperhomocysteinemia, megaloblastic anemia, leuco- and thrombocytopenia, cardiovascular disease, embryonic defects, in particular neural tube defects, and, possibly, malignancies, depression and cognitive impairment. |
| PubMedID- 25733650 | The reduction in rbc counts, hematocrit, and hemoglobin because of fasd and genotype and the larger mean corpuscular volume because of fasd are reminiscent of the megaloblastic anemia associated with folate deficiency. |
| PubMedID- 26300625 | Background: folate deficiency is associated with cardiovascular disease, megaloblastic anemia, and with hyperhomocysteinemia. |
| PubMedID- 25763532 | Folate: folate deficiency leading to megaloblastic anemia is the second most common cause of anaemia during pregnancy [23]. |
| PubMedID- 23687454 | Prolonged folate deficiency leads to megaloblastic anemia, which can result in increased levels of serum homocysteine concentrations in adults and neural tube defects in the fetus. |
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