Vitamin K and cystic fibrosis: Give me a double, please

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 469-470

  Kleinman, Ronald E ^a,b   Fracchia, M Shannon ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; OSTEOCALCIN; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; VITAMIN K GROUP; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; NOTE; PANCREAS DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; VITAMIN K; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956646313     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.30138     Document Type: Editorial

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