Functional deficiency of vitamin K in hemodialysis patients in Upper Silesia in Poland

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Katarzyna Wyskida · Medical University of Silesia

Agnieszka Żak‐Gołąb · Medical University of Silesia

Jarosław Wajda

Dariusz Klein · Institute of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Joanna Witkowicz · Alta (Poland)

Rafał Ficek · Medical University of Silesia

Sylwia Rotkegel

Urszula Spiechowicz

Abstract

(1) Functional vitamin K1 deficiency is explained by low vitamin K1 intake in less than half of HD patients. (2) Undercarboxylated matrix Gla protein level is a poor surrogate for functional vitamin K1 deficiency.

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Vitamin K Research Studies Renal function and acid-base balance Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research

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Published in: International Urology and Nephrology

Volume 48, Issue 5, pp. 765-771

DOI: 10.1007/s11255-016-1255-6

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Functional deficiency of vitamin K in hemodialysis patients in Upper Silesia in Poland

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