Vitamin B12 deficiency and the knowledge and practice of physicians regarding screening for vitamin B12 deficiency among type 2 diabetic patients on metformin in selected hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND/AIM: The worldwide prevalence of diabetes is high including Saudi Arabia. One standard first-line treatment for diabetes is metformin, which was reported to increase the risk for vitamin B12 deficiency. We wanted to determine the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency in metformin-treated t...

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Autores principales: Alshammari, Amal N., Iqbal, Rafay, Baksh, Iqra Peer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6691434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31463247
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_416_19

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6691434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31463247
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_416_19

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