A study of the prevalence of vitamin K deficiency in patients with cancer referred to a hospital palliative care team and its association with abnormal haemostasis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-540

  Harrington, Dominic J ^a,b   Western, H ^a   Seton Jones, C ^a   Rangarajan, S ^a   Beynon, T ^a   Shearer, M J ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECARBOXYPROTHROMBIN; PHYTOMENADIONE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEMOSTATIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTHROMBIN; VITAMIN K 1; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

EID: 42049099027     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.052498     Document Type: Article

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