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Dr. Michael Bromberg Offers Insight to HealthCentral about Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria and Folic Acid

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Michael Bromberg, MD, PhD, Chief of the Section of Hematology at Temple University Hospital, offered insight to HealthCentral about paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, or PNH, a rare blood disorder that causes the production of defective red blood cells that the immune system destroys in a process called hemolysis. Along with medication, supportive therapies are typically prescribed, and one of the most common is supplementation of folic acid.