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Stoeckel, K., Joubert, P.H. & Grüter, J. Elimination half-life of vitamin K1 in neonates is longer than is generally assumed: implications for the prophylaxis of haemorrhaghic disease of the newborn. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 49, 421–423 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203790
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