| Intestinal Malabsorption Syndrome | The Condition
"...Prolonged prothrombin time results from impaired vitamin-K absorption..."
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Liver Function That Should Be Checked |
The Condition
"...Prothrombin Time (PTT) Test..."
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Menorrhagia (Heavy Periods) |
Recommendation Vitamin K
"...Although bleeding time and prothrombin levels in women with menorrhagia are typically normal, the use of vitamin K (often in the form of chlorophyll) does have limited research support..."
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Multiple Myeloma |
Recommendation Vitamin K
"Many patients on high dose chemotherapy for lymphoma or myeloma test positive for prothrombin precursor PIVKA II..."
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
Recommendation Vitamin K
"Many patients on high dose chemotherapy for lymphoma or myeloma test positive for prothrombin precursor PIVKA II..."
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Vitamin K |
As A Treatment
"...Not only is vitamin K involved in the synthesis of clotting factors VII, IX, and X; it is also involved in the conversion of pre-prothrombin to prothrombin (the precursor to thrombin), which is important in fibrin blood clot formation..."
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Vitamin K Requirement |
The Condition
"...The protein in the body most affected by vitamin K deficiency is a blood-clotting protein called prothrombin..."
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Definition
