Vitamin B12 deficiency in metformin-treated type-2 diabetes patients, prevalence and association with peripheral neuropathy

BACKGROUND: The association between long-term metformin use and low vitamin B12 levels has been proven. However, the prevalence estimates of metformin-induced vitamin B12 deficiency showed considerable variation among the studies. The potential of the deficiency to cause or worsen peripheral neuropa...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Marwan A., Muntingh, George, Rheeder, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5054613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27716423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40360-016-0088-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5054613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27716423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40360-016-0088-3

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