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Vitamin K Deficiency and its Prevention and Treatment in Infants

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Vitamin K (VK) is the name for a group of fat-soluble organic substances that consist of a 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone ring structure with differing carbon side chains at the 3-position.

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    Eugen-Matthias Strehle M.D., M.Sc., M.Phil.

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Strehle, EM. (2013). Vitamin K Deficiency and its Prevention and Treatment in Infants. In: Watson, R., Grimble, G., Preedy, V., Zibadi, S. (eds) Nutrition in Infancy. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-224-7_30

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