Vitamins and Hematology: Folate and B₁₂ Have an Important Role in Hematology

Vitamins and Hematology: Folate and B₁₂ have an important role in hematology ("blood-related" processes)such that a deficiency of either of these vitamins can result in anemia.Discuss the interrelationship between these vitamins and why a deficiency of either of them results in megaloblastic anemia.Your answer will likely need to talk to some extent about the methyl-folate trap hypothesis.Make sure to relate any metabolic description of folate and B₁₂ to the basis for anemia resulting from a deficiency.