Vitamin B12 deficiency in patients treated with metformin: An approach to adopt;Déficit de vitamina B12 en pacientes tratados con metformina: Pautas de actuación

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 186-187

  Acezat Oliva, Jordi ^a   Simó Cruzet, Enric ^b  

^a Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa ^*  (Spain)

^b CAP Terrassa Nord   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN;

CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; METFORMIN; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77149164792     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: 15781275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aprim.2009.05.010     Document Type: Letter

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