Skeletal functions of vitamin K-dependent proteins: Not just for clotting anymore

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 282-284

  Booth, Sarah L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATRIX PROTEIN; OSTEOCALCIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CALCIFICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FRACTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOPENIA; REVIEW; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030770506     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1997.tb01619.x     Document Type: Review

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