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Metformin attenuates ventilator-induced lung injury
INTRODUCTION: Diabetic patients may develop acute lung injury less often than non-diabetics; a fact that could be partially ascribed to the usage of antidiabetic drugs, including metformin. Metformin exhibits pleiotropic properties which make it potentially beneficial against lung injury. We hypothe...
Autores principales: | Tsaknis, George, Siempos, Ilias I, Kopterides, Petros, Maniatis, Nikolaos A, Magkou, Christina, Kardara, Matina, Panoutsou, Stefania, Kotanidou, Anastasia, Roussos, Charis, Armaganidis, Apostolos |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22827994 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11439 |
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