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Can folic acid deficiency cause schizophrenia?
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Not Schizophrenia: Folic acid deficiency doesn't cause schizophrenia. Sometime it is associated with dementia like symptoms. Folic acid supplement may help the efficacy of anti-psychotic medication used in treatment of schizophrenia.
Answered 6/25/2014
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