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Vitamin B12 deficiency & folic acid deficiency anaemia

Vitamin B12 and folic acid are absorbed in the bowel with the help of chemicals made in the stomach. A lack of vitamin B12 or folic acid are possible causes of anaemia.

  HealthInfo recommends the following pages

• Patient.info
  • Pernicious anaemia and vitamin B12 deficiency

    A factsheet on vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia, a condition where vitamin B12 cannot be absorbed into your body.

  • Folic acid deficiency anaemia

    What is folic acid deficiency anaemia, what causes it, and how is it treated?

Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Last reviewed June 2015.

Page reference: 227135

Review key: HIVTB-16981