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FORMIMINOGLUTAMIC ACID (FIGLU) EXCRETION TEST WITHOUT HISTIDINE LOADING AS A DIAGNOSTIC AID IN PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY
Author(s) -
LOVRIC V. A.,
KENRICK K. G.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1965.tb02528.x
Subject(s) - medicine , excretion , histidine , urine , folic acid , hematology , test (biology) , pediatrics , gastroenterology , amino acid , biochemistry , chemistry , paleontology , biology
SYNOPSIS The FIGLU excretion without histidine loading has been used in the diagnosis of folic acid deficiency in children. The test requires only a random urine sample, and has been found to be reliable, the results having a better correlation than the usual microbiological assessment of serum folate activity.