Serum folate and chronic fatigue syndrome

W Jacobson; T Saich; L K Borysiewicz; W M Behan; P O Behan; T G Wreghitt

doi:10.1212/wnl.43.12.2645

Serum folate and chronic fatigue syndrome

Neurology. 1993 Dec;43(12):2645-7. doi: 10.1212/wnl.43.12.2645.

Authors

W Jacobson¹, T Saich, L K Borysiewicz, W M Behan, P O Behan, T G Wreghitt

Affiliation

¹ University Department of Paediatrics, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

PMID: 8255470
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.43.12.2645

Abstract

We assayed serum folate levels of 60 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and found that 50% had values below 3.0 micrograms/l. Some patients with CFS are deficient in folic acid.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / blood*
Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / complications
Female
Folic Acid / blood*
Folic Acid Deficiency / blood
Folic Acid Deficiency / complications
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Reference Values

Substances

Folic Acid