Severe coagulation defect due to a dietary deficiency of vitamin K.
Open Access
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 30 (12), 1147-1148
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.30.12.1147
Abstract
A patient with multiple injuries developed a severe coagulation defect due to a deficiency of vitamin K. None of the usual predisposing factors was present and the patient's diet was very poor. Dietary deficiency of vitamin K and the importance of antibiotic therapy in its production are discussed.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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