Serum folate and chronic fatigue syndrome

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.

Comment in: Folate and chronic fatigue syndrome. [Neurology. 1994]

 

Source: Jacobson W, Saich T, Borysiewicz LK, Behan WM, Behan PO, Wreghitt TG. Serum folate and chronic fatigue syndrome. Neurology. 1993 Dec;43(12):2645-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8255470

 

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