Folate Balance in Dietary-Induced Megaloblastic Anemia

Abstract

In alcoholic subjects megaloblastic hemopoiesis rapidly develops during dietary deprivation and ethanol ingestion. To study the interaction of poor diet, depleted body folate stores and ethanol, two subjects in whom megaloblastic hemopoiesis previously developed within three weeks on a deficient diet combined with ethanol were restudied on a low-folate diet alone.