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  2. Folate - Wikipedia

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    One DFE is defined as 1 μg of dietary folate. 1 μg of folic acid supplement counts as 1.7 μg DFE. The reason for the difference is that when folic acid is added to food or taken as a dietary supplement with food it is at least 85% absorbed, whereas only about 50% of folate naturally present in food is absorbed. [1]

  3. Folate deficiency - Wikipedia

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    [1] Treatment may include dietary changes and folic acid supplements. [1] Dietary changes including eating foods high in folate such as, fruits and green leafy vegetables can help. [1] Prevention is recommended for pregnant women or those who are planning a pregnancy. [1] Folate deficiency is very rare in countries with folic acid fortification ...

  4. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency - Wikipedia

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    In common forms of MTHFR deficiency, elevated plasma homocysteine levels have sometimes been treated with Vitamin B12 and low doses of folic acid. [2] Although this treatment significantly decreases the serum levels of homocysteine, this treatment is not thought to improve health outcomes. [11] [12] [13]

  5. Cerebral folate deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Folinic acid is a metabolically active form of folate that can be easily introduced into the folate cycle. A typical dose that is administered to children is 0.5–1 mg/kg daily, but the dose can be increased depending on the severity of symptoms and the age of the child.

  6. Hereditary folate malabsorption - Wikipedia

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    Folic acid should not be used for the treatment of HFM. Folic acid is not a physiological folate. It binds tightly to, and may impede, FRα-mediated endocytosis which plays an important role in the transport of folates across the choroid plexus into the CSF (see above). [30] [22] For a further consideration of treatment see GeneReviews. [5]

  7. Dihydrofolic acid - Wikipedia

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    Dihydrofolic acid (conjugate base dihydrofolate) (DHF) is a folic acid (vitamin B 9) derivative which is converted to tetrahydrofolic acid by dihydrofolate reductase. [1] Since tetrahydrofolate is needed to make both purines and pyrimidines, which are building blocks of DNA and RNA, dihydrofolate reductase is targeted by various drugs to prevent nucleic acid synthesis.