Fatal hemolytic anemia associated with metformin: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Metformin is a widely prescribed biguanide antidiabetic drug that has been implicated as a cause of hemolytic anemia in three previous case reports. We report a case of rapidly fatal hemolysis that was temporally associated with the initiation of metformin treatment for diabetes. Clini...

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Autores principales: Packer, Clifford D, Hornick, Thomas R, Augustine, Sarah A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2546413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18783609
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-300

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2546413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18783609
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-300

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