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Vitamins K and D status in stages 3-5 chronic kidney disease.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - 1 Apr 2010
Holden Rachel M, Morton A Ross, Garland Jocelyn S, Pavlov Andrey, Day Andrew G, Booth Sarah L
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Vitamin K, vitamin K-dependent proteins, and vitamin D may be involved in the regulation of calcification in chronic kidney disease (CKD). DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: Vitamin K and D status was measured as dietary intake, plasma phylloquinone, serum percent uncarboxylated osteocalcin (%ucOC), proteins induced by vitamin K absence (PIVKA-II), Vitamin K Epoxide...
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