[Manifest and latent folic acid deficiency in the aged (author's transl)].
The serum folate level of 100 aged persons (after 70) was decreased (less than 4 ng/ml) in 41% of the cases (manifest deficiency of folic acid). In the group of aged persons having normal folate values, in 41% of the cases the clearance method proved a latent folic acid deficiency, being the 15 minute value after 15 gamma/kg folic acid i.v., less than 25 ng/ml.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000749:Anemia, Megaloblastic / Q000209:etiology; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged
D005492:Folic Acid; D007501:Iron
Manifester und latenter Folsäuremangel im hohen Alter.