Contra‐indications to metformin therapy are largely disregarded
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Diabetic Medicine
- Vol. 16 (8) , 692-696
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00115.x
Abstract
Aims To investigate the current metformin treatment practice and in particular to examine the consideration given to its contraindications. Methods A cross‐sectional analysis of 308 consecutive Typ...Keywords
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