Metformin toxicity: A report of 204 cases from Iran

Current Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 278-281

  Shadnia, Shahin ^a   Barzi, Farnaz ^b   Askari, Anvar ^b   Hassanian Moghaddam, Hossein ^a   Zamani, Nasim ^a   Ebrahimian, Kimia ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Hypoglycemia; Lactic acidosis; Metformin; Outcome; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; METFORMIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAL SIGN; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METFORMIN ASSOCIATED LACTIC ACIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; IRAN; MALE; METFORMIN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888087247     PISSN: 15748847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1574210195346398863     Document Type: Article

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