Therapeutic Concentrations of Metformin: A Systematic Review

Clinical Pharmacokinetics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 439-459

  Kajbaf, Farshad ^a,b   De Broe, Marc E ^c   Lalau, Jean Daniel ^a,b  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC INDEX; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOSE CALCULATION;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; METFORMIN;

EID: 84961151117     PISSN: 03125963     EISSN: 11791926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40262-015-0323-x     Document Type: Review

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