PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - D. W. Dawson AU - C. Geary TI - Hepatic and serum folates in patients fasting and after oral folic acid AID - 10.1136/jcp.24.2.129 DP - 1971 Mar 01 TA - Journal of Clinical Pathology PG - 129--130 VI - 24 IP - 2 4099 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/24/2/129.short 4100 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/24/2/129.full SO - J Clin Pathol1971 Mar 01; 24 AB - The hepatic folate in non-anaemic hospital patients was found to correlate poorly with the fasting serum folate. The rise in methylfolate in the systemic circulation following the absorption of folic acid was directly related to the folate content of the liver.