Metformin-associated lactic acidosis

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-46

  Suh, Sunghwan ^a  

^a Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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EID: 84955479349     PISSN: 2093596X     EISSN: 20935978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3803/EnM.2015.30.1.45     Document Type: Editorial

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