VItamin K In PEritonial DIAlysis (VIKIPEDIA): Rationale and study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

VItamin K In PEritonial DIAlysis (VIKIPEDIA): Rationale and study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Vascular calcification (VC) is an active process, resulting from the disturbance of balance between inhibitors and promoters of calcification, in favor of the latter. Matrix Gla Protein, a powerful inhibitor of VC, needs vitamin K to become active. In vitamin K depletion, plasma levels of the inacti...

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Main Authors: Stefanos Roumeliotis, Athanasios Roumeliotis, Panagiotis I Georgianos, Elias Thodis, Leon J Schurgers, Katarzyna Maresz, Theodoros Eleftheriadis, Evangelia Dounousi, Giovanni Tripepi, Francesca Mallamaci, Vassilios Liakopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273102

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273102

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