Anaemia types and causes · Physiology

Folate deficiency anaemia differs from vitamin B12 deficiency because it:

  1. Causes progressive neurological deficits
  2. Is characteristically a hemolytic process
  3. Lacks the neurological damage of B12 loss
  4. Produces a marked red cell microcytosis
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Correct answer: Lacks the neurological damage of B12 loss

Folate deficiency causes megaloblastic anaemia without neurological involvement. Neurological damage is specific to vitamin B12 deficiency.

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