Talk:Folate deficiency
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[edit] This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 5 September 2019 and 13 December 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Mitch Samco. Peer reviewers: Bartell98.
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Article categorization
[edit]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
[edit]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?
[edit]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
[edit]"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.
[edit]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
[edit]"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?
[edit]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
[edit]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)