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In vitamin K deficient chicken the serum complement (C′) level is significantly decreased, as compared with normal animals, due to a lower level of its component C′1. Administration of vitamin K1 for three days did not restore its titer although the prolonged blood clotting time became normal. The results thus indicate a considerably slower resynthesis of the complement factor C′1 than of prothrombin.
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Weber, F., Wiss, O. & Isliker, H. Über die Beeinflussung des Serumkomplementes durch Vitamin-K-Mangel beim Küken. Experientia 19, 142–143 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02171598
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