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| | 06/03/04 - 02:23 PM  
 
   
 
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thiamine
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| Bela Forum Guru

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| | 06/03/04 - 03:35 PM  
 
   
 
|   #3 |
Not per Goljan. Main vit def in alcoholics is FOLATE. Main place where vit Thiamine def is seen is in alcoholics.
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| digitaldoc

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| | 06/23/04 - 11:04 PM  
 
   
 
|   #4 |
Thats correct - Folate is the answer - and that can be linked to Mycardial infarctions - could you tell me how ?
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| | 06/24/04 - 06:36 AM  
 
   
 
|   #5 |
Homocysteine is not used if there is folate deficiency. And high levels of homocysteine lead to MI
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