Enhanced vitamin K expenditure as a major contributor to vitamin K deficiency in COVID-19
Objectives: Vitamin K deficiency consistently associates with worse clinical outcome in COVID-19 patients. However, whether this is due to increased expenditure during inflammation or poor vitamin K status prior to infection remained unknown. Methods: Dp-ucMGP levels of 128 individuals were measured...
Main Authors: | Margot P.J. Visser, Jona Walk, Cees Vermeer, Simona Bílková, Rob Janssen, Otto Mayer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-12-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971222005690 |
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