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Risk of fatal and nonfatal lactic acidosis with metformin use in type 2 diabetes mellitus

  1. Shelley R Salpeter1,*,
  2. Elizabeth Greyber2,
  3. Gary A Pasternak2,
  4. Edwin E Salpeter3

Editorial Group: Cochrane Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group

Published Online: 14 APR 2010

Assessed as up-to-date: 7 OCT 2009

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002967.pub4

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Salpeter SR, Greyber E, Pasternak GA, Salpeter EE. Risk of fatal and nonfatal lactic acidosis with metformin use in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD002967. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002967.pub4.

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  1. 1

    Stanford University, and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Medicine, San Jose, CA, USA

  2. 2

    Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Medicine, San Jose, CA, USA

  3. 3

    Cornell University, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Ithaca, NY, USA

*Shelley R Salpeter, Medicine, Stanford University, and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 2400 Moorpark Ave, Suite 118, San Jose, CA, 95128, USA. salpeter@stanford.edu.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 14 APR 2010

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    Risk of fatal and nonfatal lactic acidosis with metformin use in type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Shelley R Salpeter, Elizabeth Greyber, Gary A Pasternak and Edwin E Salpeter

    Article first published online: 14 APR 2010 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002967.pub4

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  1. Version 3

    Risk of fatal and nonfatal lactic acidosis with metformin use in type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Shelley R Salpeter, Elizabeth Greyber, Gary A Pasternak and Edwin E Salpeter (posthumous)

    Article first published online: 20 JAN 2010 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002967.pub3

  2. Version 2

    Risk of fatal and nonfatal lactic acidosis with metformin use in type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Shelley R Salpeter, Elizabeth Greyber, Gary A Pasternak and Edwin E Salpeter

    Article first published online: 7 OCT 2009 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002967.pub2

  3. Version 1

    Risk of fatal and nonfatal lactic acidosis with metformin use in type 2 diabetes mellitus

    S Salpeter, E Greyber, G Pasternak and E Salpeter

    Article first published online: 19 OCT 2005 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002967

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