FOLATE ACID DEFICIENCY IN DEPRESSIVE INPATIENTS - A PILOT-STUDY

Citation
M. Wolfersdorf et al., FOLATE ACID DEFICIENCY IN DEPRESSIVE INPATIENTS - A PILOT-STUDY, Nervenarzt, 64(4), 1993, pp. 269-272
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Neurosciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
00282804
Volume
64
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
269 - 272
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-2804(1993)64:4<269:FADIDI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Seventy-seven depressive inpatients were studied in a pilot study to d etermine their serum and red cell folate levels at admission. Only one depressive inpatient with a low serum folate value had a history of a n illness-related lack of nutrition prior to admission, and the low va lue was only on day 1 of the study. Our results demonstrate that folat e acid deficiency is not as common in depressive inpatients as reporte d, especially in British studies for two reasons: different eating hab its and a methodological problem.