Metformin as first choice in oral diabetes treatment: the UKPDS experience.
Metformin has been used successfully since the 1950s as first line pharmacotherapy to treat people with type 2 diabetes. It is a biguanide that decreases blood glucose concentration by mechanisms different from those of insulin secretagogues, such as sulphonylureas, or exogenous insulin therapy. Met...
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বিন্যাস: | Journal article |
ভাষা: | English |
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2007
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