Patients with Type 2 diabetes treated with metformin: Prevalence of contraindications and their correlation with discontinuation [2]

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 662-664

  Rakovac, I ^a   Jeitler, K ^a   Gfrerer, R J ^a   Habacher, W ^a   Seereiner, S ^a   Mrak, P ^b   Pieber, T R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; METFORMIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 17844388628     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01478.x     Document Type: Letter

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