Vitamin K intake and atherosclerosis

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-42

  Erkkilä, Arja T ^a   Booth, Sarah L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Cardiovascular diseases; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; MENAQUINONE; PHYTOMENADIONE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARBOXYLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

1-CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; DIET; HUMANS; MUTATION; VITAMIN K;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38149062888     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0b013e3282f1c57f     Document Type: Review

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