Risk of Fatal and Nonfatal Lactic Acidosis with Metformin Use in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2594-2602

  Salpeter, Shelley R ^a,b   Greyber, Elizabeth ^b   Pasternak, Gary A ^b   Salpeter, Edwin E ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; METFORMIN; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MEDLINE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; METFORMIN; PHENFORMIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0344420380     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.21.2594     Document Type: Review

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