Prevalence of vitamin K deficiency in cystic fibrosis
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Vitamin K in Cystic Fibrosis
The importance of vitamin K to coagulation is well known but there is increasing evidence that vitamin K has a diverse role in the body including the maintenance of bone health, preventing inappropriate calcification in soft tissues, and a protective role in inflammation. There is evidence that most, if not all, of these non-coagulation functions require higher dietary intakes than those requir...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0002-9165,1938-3207
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/70.3.378