Reduced vitamin K status as a potentially modifiable risk factor of severe COVID-19
Dofferhoff, Anton S M;Piscaer, Ianthe;Schurgers, Leon J;Visser, Margot P J;van den Ouweland, Jody M W;de Jong, Pim A;Gosens, Reinoud;Hackeng, Tilman M;van Daal, Henny;Lux, Petra;Maassen, Cecile;Karssemeijer, Esther G A;Vermeer, Cees;Wouters, Emiel F M;Kistemaker, Loes E M;Walk, Jona;Janssen, Rob;
clinical infectious diseasespp. -
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Abstract
AbstractBackground. Respiratory failure and thromboembolism are frequent in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients. Vitamin K activates both hepatic coagulation factors