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Vitamin K Deficiency Presenting in an Infant with an Anterior Mediastinal Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2017
We report a case of a 1-month-old infant with spontaneous thymic hemorrhage secondary to severe vitamin K deficiency. He was brought to medical attention due to scrotal bruising and during evaluation was noted to be tachypneic and hypoxemic.
Mauricio A. Palau, Amanda Winters, Xiayuan Liang, Rachelle Nuss, Susan Niermeyer, Megan Gossling, Clyde Wright   +6 more
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Vitamin K and kidney transplantation [PDF]

, 2020
The assessment of the vitamin K status and its effects on clinical outcomes in kidney transplantation (KT) patients has sparked interest, but it is still largely unfulfilled.
Sandro Giannini, Nickolas, Thomas L., Iervasi, Giorgio, Thomas L. Nickolas, Giannini, Sandro, Maria Fusaro, Cheung A. M., Sella S., Andrea Aghi, Gallieni, Maurizio, Gallieni M., Roberto Vettor, Stefania Sella, Aghi, Andrea, Ravera, Maura, Vettor R., Martina Zaninotto, Nickolas, Thomas L., Aghi A., Maurizio Gallieni, Giorgio Iervasi, Laura Cosmai, Plebani M., Zaninotto, Martina, Foramitti, Marina, Mario Plebani, Pieter Evenepoel, Ravera M., Foramitti M., Evenepoel, Pieter, Vettor, Roberto, Giannini S., Giovanni Tripepi, Cosmai L., Cosmai, Laura, Zaninotto M., Tripepi G., Cheung, Angela M., Fusaro, Maria, Sella, Stefania, Evenepoel P., Maura Ravera, Plebani, Mario, Tripepi, Giovanni, Fusaro M., Iervasi G., Marina Foramitti, Nickolas T. L., Angela M. Cheung, Cheung, Angela M.   +49 more
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Building a Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in the Rheumatology Context: Content and Approaches

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
People with systemic autoimmune and rheumatic diseases (SARDs) are at higher risk than the general population of experiencing adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes such as preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, and maternal and/or fetal death.
Mehret Birru Talabi, Sonya Borrero
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Beyond deficiency:Potential benefits of increased intakesof vitamin K for bone and vascular health

, 2004
Vitamin K is wellknown for its role in the synthesisof a number of blood coagulationfactors.During recent years vitaminK-dependent proteins werediscovered to be of vital importancefor bone and vascular health.Recommendations for dietary vitaminK intake ...
Vermeer, C, Weber, P, Zittermann, A, Shearer, M, Szulc, P, Walter, P, Stocklin, E, Bolton-Smith, C, Rambeck, W, Hodges, S   +9 more
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A randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of vitamin B12 supplementation on neurological function in healthy older people: the Older People and Enhanced Neurological function (OPEN) study protocol [ISRCTN54195799]. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Vitamin B12 deficiency is common in older people and the prevalence increases with age. Vitamin B12 deficiency may present as macrocytic anaemia, subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord, or as neuropathy, but is often asymptomatic ...
Allen, Elizabeth, Kerry Mills, Whyte, K, Fletcher, Astrid E, Elbourne, Diana, Richards, Marcus, Ken Whyte, Mills, Kerry, Robert Clarke, Richards, M, Letley, Louise, Dangour, Alan D, Elbourne, D, Mills, K, Ricardo Uauy, Whyte, Ken, Louise Letley, Dangour, AD, Fletcher, AE, Diana Elbourne, Fasey, Nicky, Uauy, Ricardo, Alan D Dangour, Uauy, R, Astrid E Fletcher, Marcus Richards, Clarke, Robert, Clarke, R, Nicky Fasey, Elizabeth Allen, Fasey, N, Allen, E, Letley, L   +32 more
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Associations of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity With Frailty Over Five Years of Follow‐up

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity is associated with frailty both in cross‐section and longitudinally. Methods Participants within the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis (VARA) registry enrolled from 2003 to 2022 were included.
Courtney N. Loecker, Yangyuna Yang, Punyasha Roul, Aaron Baraff, Myra S. Schmaderer, Lani Zimmerman, Kaleb Michaud, Namrata Singh, Grant W. Cannon, Gary Kunkel, Ted R. Mikuls, Ariela R. Orkaby, Joshua F. Baker, Bryant R. England, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 more
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Efficacy of Early Neonatal Vitamin A Supplementation in Reducing Mortality During Infancy in Ghana, India and Tanzania: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]

, 2012
Vitamin A supplementation of 6-59 month old children is currently recommended by the World Health Organization based on evidence that it reduces mortality.
Honorati Masanja, Fontaine Olivier, Bahl, Rajiv, Dube Brinda, Rajiv Bahl, Oleary Maureen, Taneja, Sunita, Fawzi Wafaie, Msham Salum, Martines Jose, NEOVITA Study Author Group, Kirkwood, BR, Bhandari, Nita, Oleary, M, Sam Newton, Salum Msham, Newton Sam, Bhandari, N, Brinda Dube, Bahl, R, Emily Smith, Dube, Brinda, Fawzi, W, Mazumder, S, Sarmila Mazumder, Oleary, Maureen, Shannon, C, Kirkwood Betty R, Betty R Kirkwood, Martines, J, Taneja Sunita, Msham, Salum, Jose Martines, Masanja, H, null null, Olivier Fontaine, Msham, S, Mazumder, Sarmila, Fontaine, O, Nita Bhandari, Edmond, Karen, Ruben, Julia, Sunita Taneja, Kaur Jasmine, Wafaie Fawzi, Smith, E, Masanja Honorati, Taneja, S, Ruben Julia, Yoshida, Sachiyo, Bhandari Nita, Karen Edmond, Caitlin Shannon, Fontaine, Olivier, Smith Emily, Maureen Oleary, Kaur, Jasmine, Ruben, J, Julia Ruben, Fawzi, Wafaie, Newton, S, Newton, Sam, Edmond Karen, Mazumder Sarmila, Martines, Jose, Kirkwood, Betty R., Kirkwood, Betty R, Bahl Rajiv, Jasmine Kaur, Shannon Caitlin, Edmond, K, Sachiyo Yoshida, Masanja, Honorati, Shannon, Caitlin, Smith, Emily, Dube, B, Yoshida, S, Kaur, J, Yoshida Sachiyo   +78 more
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Human Gut Bacteria and Lipidic Nanoparticles: Particle Composition Predicts Structural Transformation and Bacterial Biocompatibility

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Lipidic nanoparticles (LNPs) were incubated with 21 gut bacteria frequently associated with the human microbiome. SAXS revealed that ∼75% of tested species induced structural transformations in monoolein LNPs, whereas phytantriol and phospholipid formulations remained unaffected.
Jonathan Caukwell, Emily L. Gulliver, Livia Salvati Manni, Frithjof Herb, Caitlin Welsh, Samuel C. Forster, Andrew J. Clulow, Wye‐Khay Fong   +7 more
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Interactions of Vitamin K-3 with Herring-Sperm DNA Using Spectroscopy and Electrochemistry

, 2010
By means of ultraviolet visible (UV-Vis) and fluorescence spectra, the binding ratio between vitamin K-3 and herring-sperm DNA in a physiological pH environment (pH = 7.40) was determined as n(K3): n(DNA) = 2: 1, and the binding constants of vitamin K-3 ...
Wang, Xingming, Fei, Dan, Wang, XM, SW Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Mianyang 621010, Peoples R China, Huang, Jianhang, Ding, Lisheng   +4 more
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Effect of vitamin D supplementation on blood pressure:a systematic review and meta-analysis incorporating individual patient data [PDF]

, 2015
Importance Low levels of vitamin D are associated with elevated blood pressure (BP) and future cardiovascular events. Whether vitamin D supplementation reduces BP and which patient characteristics predict a response remain unclear.Objective To ...
Gepner, Adam D., Zittermann, Armin, Beveridge, Louise, Scragg, Robert, Petchey, William G., Alvarez, Jessica, Tangpricha, Vin, Jorde, Rolf, Dalbeni, Andrea, Macdonald, Helen M., Gepner, Adam, Witham, Miles D., Stricker, Hans, Boxer, Rebecca, Nagpal, Jitender, Strobel, Franziska, Toxqui, Laura, Witham, Miles, Struthers, Allan, Khan, Faisel; id_orcid, Stroebel, Franziska, Larsen, Thomas, Macdonald, Helen, Wamberg, Louise, Beveridge, Louise A., Isbel, Nicole, Khan, Faisel, Vaquero, M, Vaquero, M. Pilar, Petchey, William, Isbel, Nicole M., Struthers, Allan D.   +31 more
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