PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | hyperhomocysteinemia |
| Phenotype | C0016412|folate deficiency |
| Sentences | 2 |
| 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- 22470444 | Since study participants had high prevalence of folate and vitamin b12 deficiencies (27.5% and 9.74%, respectively), these deficiencies were found to increase the risk of hyperhomocysteinemia (2.5 times with folate deficiency and 2.6 times with vitamin deficiency) in this population [2]. |
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