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Subclinical vitamin K deficiency in hemodialysis patients.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Mar 2007
Pilkey Rachel M, Morton A Ross, Boffa Michael B, Noordhof Curtis, Day Andrew G, Su Yinghua, Miller Lisa M, Koschinsky Marlys L, Booth Sarah L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Subclinical vitamin K deficiency increasingly is associated with extraosseous calcification in healthy adults. Nondietary determinants of vitamin K status include apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotype, which may influence vitamin K transport to peripheral tissues. METHODS: Serum phylloquinone concentrations and percentage of uncarboxyated osteocalcin (%ucOC) were measured by means of high-performance...
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