Talk:Folate deficiency

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Article categorization

This article was initially categorized based on scheme outlined at WP:DERM:CAT. kilbad (talk) 23:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

need fix for hearing loss reference

I added the hearing loss symptom sentence, but no matter what I tried I couldn't figure out how wiki's reference tags work, so I just put the reference url in parentheses, and I'll leave it up to more wiki-knowledgeable people to make it cited correctly. I looked up the help doc on the citation tool, but that wasn't helpful at all. Sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.167.66.6 (talk) 17:50, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Possible Vandalism?

Someone edited "folic acid is yummy", cant edit the page so flagging it up for someone to change? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.222.232.71 (talk) 08:23, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Bad leading sentence

"Folate deficiency is a lack of folic acid in the diet." No. It is a lack of folates in the diet, not folic acid, which is a specific kind of folate, and is man-made. --Anonymous Coward — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.178.147.64 (talk) 01:42, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Bad figure labeling, etc., etc.

The article as it reads now adds to the confusion of folic acid with folate: The image of a structure (which?) is labeled as "Folic acid (B9)", and it speaks of "folic acid deficiency" — when folic acid is, according to another article, a synthetic product. I will patch some of this. 86.149.143.155 (talk) 15:06, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Misleading First Sentence

"Folate deficiency is a low level of folate (not to be confused with the related synthetic compound, folic acid) "

Yet both link to the same page, and on that page the article states that folate and folic acid are simple the depronated/pronated version of each other. 129.22.211.170 (talk) 15:46, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Folic acid is the compound used in dietary supplements and food fortification programs. Consumed, it is converted to folate, which is what is measured in blood. David notMD (talk) 17:46, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Exact blood levels for diagnosis?

Shouldn't there be a mention of the exact normal range of MTHF in the blood used for diagnosis? ---CopperKettle 05:07, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

I found a 2014 UK guideline titled "Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cobalamin and folate disorders" (Devalia et al.) and added the recommendations for diagnosis from it. I hope it's okay. --CopperKettle 16:49, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

pteroyl polyglutamase (PPGH) - no mention anywhere

As of 05 February 2020, the article mentions pteroyl polyglutamase (PPGH) but I can't find any mention of this enzyme in the Internet. All Google links lead back to the Wikipedia article. --CopperKettle 18:31, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Usually known as "folylpolyglutamate hydrolase" but "pteroyl polyglutamate hydrolase" is recognised. See PMID:1397183. Jrfw51 (talk) 22:01, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much! --CopperKettle 08:24, 7 February 2020 (UTC)