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Ordering folate assays is no longer justified for investigation of anemias, in folic acid fortified countries

BACKGROUND: Since 1998, in the countries where there is mandatory fortification of grain products with folic acid, folate deficiency has become very rare. Consequently, we decided to find out whether there is any justification for ordering folate assays for investigation of anemias. METHODS: We revi...

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Autores principales: Shojania, A Majid, von Kuster, Kenneth
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2843732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20181007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-22