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Antonino Saia

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Evaluations and new relationships between renal failure and homocysteine plasma levels in patients with chronic renal failure

2004

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Plasma homocysteine levels in patients with chronic renal failure.

2004

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Valutazione dei livelli ematici di omocisteina, acido folico, vitamine B6 e B12 in soggetti anziani con funzioni cognitive alterate in seguito a stro…

2004

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Evaluation of patients with thrombotic stroke by methionine loading oral curve

2004

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POSITIVE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SERUM VITAMIN K LEVEL AND BONE MINERAL DENSITY

2005

Introduction: Vitamin K is well known for its role in the synthesis of many blood coagulation factors. Also, vitamin K-dependent proteins are very important for bone and vascular health. Vitamin K is known to influence bone metabolism by facilitating the synthesis of osteocalcin because is required for the γ-carboxylation of specific glutamic acid residues, wich in turn, allows a firm binding of calcium ions. The bone mineral density decreases drastically after menopause. Recent studies have been shown that vitamin k influences bone mineral density in osteoporotic people and also actually reduce fracture rates. Many factors influence the individual risk of osteoporosis: genetic predispositi…

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Curva da carico orale di metionina nella valutazione di pazienti affetti da patologia trombotica

2004

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