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Folate deficiency anaemia

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Anaemia – vitamin B12 and folate deficiency. Prodigy. www.prodigy.clarity.co.uk, published January 2011
Vitamin B12 and folate deficiency. Lab Tests Online UK. www.labtestsonline.org.uk, published 20 October 2011
Pre-conception – advice and management. Prodigy. www.prodigy.clarity.co.uk, published September 2010
Joint Formulary Committee. British National Formulary. 62nd ed. London: British Medical Association and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain; 2011
Your health in pregnancy. Department of Health. www.dh.gov.uk, published October 2009
Folic acid – food factsheet. The British Dietetic Association. www.bda.uk.com, published May 2010
Neural tube defects – factsheet 59. Centre for Genetics Education. www.genetics.edu.au, published June 2007
Young SS, Eskenazi B, Marchetti FM, et al. The association of folate, zinc and antioxidant intake with sperm aneuploidy in healthy non-smoking men. Hum Reprod 2008; 23(5):1014–22. doi:10.1093/humrep/den036

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