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Plasma folate studies in HIV-positive patients at the Lagos university teaching hospital, Nigeria

Author(s) -

Osunkalu Vincent,

Akanmu Alani,

Adewumi Adediran,

A Adeyemo Titilope,

Ernest Onogu,

Akinde Ralph,

Coker Hab

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and aids

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2589-0565

pISSN - 2589-0557

DOI - 10.4103/0253-7184.74995

Subject(s) - medicine , anemia , hemoglobin , etiology , viral load , gastroenterology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , venous blood , folic acid , immunology

In various studies globally, the prevalence of anemia in persons with HIV infection range from 10 to 20% at initial presentation, and anemia is diagnosed in 70 to 80% of these patients over the course of HIV disease. The etiology of anemia in this group of patients has not been fully established, thus a need to evaluate the role of plasma folate as a possible etiological factor.

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