The discovery of vitamin k and its clinical applications

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-218

  Ferland, Guylaine ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carboxylation function; Early history; Emerging functions; Vitamin K; VKDPs

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DICOUMAROL; FARNOQUINONE; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; MATRIX GLA PROTEIN; OSTEOCALCIN; PHYTOMENADIONE; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; PROTHROMBIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BONE DENSITY; CARBOXYLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SCURVY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

1-CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HEMOSTASIS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; OSTEOCALCIN; PROTHROMBIN; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN K; WARFARIN;

EID: 84870363348     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343108     Document Type: Review

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