Severe lactic acidosis due to metformin: Report of 3 cases;Acidose lactique sévère par intoxication accidentelle à la metformine : À propos de 3 observations

Annales de Biologie Clinique

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 705-711

  Roche, Céline ^a   Nau, André ^b   Peytel, Éric ^b   Moalic, Jean Luc ^a   Oliver, Manuela ^a  

^a F d ration des Laboratoires   (France)

^b LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Biguanides; Diabetes; Lactic acidosis; Metformin; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; METFORMIN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 82255196697     PISSN: 00033898     EISSN: 19506112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/abc.2011.0619     Document Type: Article

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