Metformin may aid weight loss in overweight teenage girls

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 725-726

  Warren Ulanch, Julia ^a  

^a Carolina Endocrine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 55649107476     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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