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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 138-139 |
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Plasma folate in HIV-seropositive patients
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand
| Date of Web Publication | 26-Sep-2011 |
Correspondence Address:
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok 10160
Thailand
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7184.85433
How to cite this article:
Wiwanitkit V. Plasma folate in HIV-seropositive patients. Indian J Sex Transm Dis 2011;32:138-9 |
Sir,
I read the recent publication on plasma folate in HIV-seropositive patients with great interest. [1] Alani et al. concluded that 'plasma folate level is a predictor of anemia in early HIV infections.' [1] Indeed, anemia is common among HIV-seropositive patients and there are many possible causes. In the work by Alani et al., many confounding factors, such as antiretroviral drug therapy and other occult infections, have not been adequately ruled out as the cause of the anemia. In addition, the commonest cause of anemia in any population, iron deficiency, has not been considered. Serum ferritin and iron study should be clarified as well.
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| 1. | Alani A, Vincent O, Adewumi A, Titilope A, Onogu E, Ralph A, et al., Plasma folate studies in HIV-positive patients at the Lagos university teaching hospital, Nigeria. Indian J Sex Transm Dis 2010;31:99-103. 
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