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A person with folic acid deficiency will have erythrocytes which are
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immature and larger than normal erythrocytes
Due to folic acid deficiency, thymidine synthase function is impaired due to which DNA synthesis is affected. This disrupts erythropoiesis due to which hemoglobin synthesis increases and this results in enlarged and immature RBC's. Hence this is known as megaloblastic anemia.
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