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The vitamin K-dependent Gla proteins and risk of type 2 diabetes

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Abbreviations

GAS6:

Growth arrest specific protein 6

OC:

Osteocalcin

ucOC:

Undercarboxylated OC

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Kennedy, R.L., Vangaveti, V., Malabu, U.H. et al. The vitamin K-dependent Gla proteins and risk of type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia 56, 2100–2101 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-013-2963-4

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