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THE aim of this short communication is to report on the pronounced effect of vitamin K in speeding up the rate of bone healing. Some clinical observations (Bouckaert, A., and Hart Kliniek, H., personal communication) and preliminary experiments (Bouckaert, J. H., and Oyaert, W., personal communication) indicated that vitamin K had a real effect on all collagen tissues and especially bone tissue.
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BOUCKAERT, J., SAID, A. Fracture Healing by Vitamin K. Nature 185, 849 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185849a0
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