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Metametrix Introduces the New Vitamin K Assay

Published in Lab Business Week, October 26th, 2008

Metametrix Clinical Laboratory a leader in nutritional and metabolic testing services, announced the introduction of the Vitamin K Assay. This latest testing profile measures a functional marker of Vitamin K, undercarboxylated osteocalcin. As one of the first commercial laboratories to offer this type of vitamin K assessment, Metametrix continues its leadership and innovation.

Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that functions as a co-factor in the production of blood coagulation factors (in the liver), osteocalcin (in bone), and matrix Gla-protiens (in cartilage and vessel walls) each resulting in the deposition of ionic calcium. Vitamin K...

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