The Antihyperglycaemic Effect of Metformin
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs
- Vol. 58 (Supplement) , 31-39
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-199958001-00009
Abstract
Metformin is regarded as an antihyperglycaemic agent because it lowers blood glucose concentrations in type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes without causing overt hypoglycaemia. Its clinical...Keywords
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