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Changes in metformin use in chronic kidney disease

Metformin is one of the oldest and most widely prescribed antidiabetic medicines worldwide. It is the only such medicine that has shown a reduction of cardiovascular mortality in diabetes mellitus type 2. Since many diabetic patients have chronic kidney disease, its use is often curtailed by practit...

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Autor principal: Imam, Talha H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28616207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfx017