There appears to be a significant impairment of folic acid
absorption in patients with HIV disease. The virus can cause an
enteropathy in the absence of opportunistic infection. Folinic
acid may also not be absorbed as well since it is absorbed by
the same gut mechanisms as folic acid. Folate absorption is
abnormal in early and late HIV disease. Some of the neurologic
manifestations of children with AIDS disease are due to folate
deficiency. Folic acid hypersupplementation and intravenous
(rather than oral) folinic acid supplementation may be desirable
in patients affected with human immunodeficiency virus. Folic
Acid Absorption in Patients Infected With Human Immunodeficiency
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1991;230:227-231. Anencephaly, Spina Bifida Anencephaly, Spina
Bifida One of the most exciting medical findings of the last
part of the 20th century is that folic acid, a simple, widely
available, water soluble volume, can prevent spina bifida and
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