J Formos Med Assoc
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Behcet's disease (BD) patients may have one or more hematinic deficiencies. This study evaluated whether there were significantly higher frequencies of hemoglobin, iron, vitamin B12, and folic acid deficiencies and of hyperhomocysteinemia in BD patients. ⋯ There are significantly higher frequencies of hemoglobin, iron, vitamin B12, and folic acid deficiencies and of hyperhomocysteinemia in BD patients. The normocytic anemia is the most common type of anemia in our 63 BD patients. We suggest that supplementations of vitamin BC capsules plus deficient vitamin B12 and/or folic acid may reduce the abnormally high serum homocysteine level to a relatively lower level in BD patients with hyperhomocysteinemia.