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Causes of deficiency include: Insufficient intake Malabsorption in gastrointestinal diseases Increased requirements during pregnancy Antiepileptic drugs (phenytoin, primidone, phenobarbital) may decrease FA absorption, presumably by inhibiting the formation of monoglutamine- folic acid Inhibition of dihydro-folic acid reductase (e.g., by methotrexate) depresses the formation of the active species, tetrahydro-folic acid Symptoms of deficiency are: megaloblastic anemia mucosal damage Therapy of folic acid deficiency Therapy consists in oral administration of Folic Acid or folinic acid when deficiency is caused by inhibitors of dihydroFAreductase
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