Importance of vitamin B12 and folate metabolism in malabsorption
Gallagher, N.D.
Clinics in Gastroenterology 12(2): 437-441
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5089 PMID: 6347465 Document Number: 221003
The risk of developing folate deficiency is greatest in patients who have a poor diet and malabsorption secondary to disease of the jejunal mucosa or drugs which interfere with its metabolism. In contrast to cobalamin deficiency, in which body stores delay the onset of major metabolic complications, folate deficiency may develop in a matter of months. It is frequently possible to predict these deficiencies and always possible to reverse them by supplementation.