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MetforminOverweightMedicineType 2 diabetesDiabetes mellitusInternal medicineObesityEndocrinology
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- 1998
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- 352
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- 9131
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- 854-865
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- 8193
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(1998).
Effect of intensive blood-glucose control with metformin on complications in overweight patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 34).
The Lancet
, 352
(9131)
, 854-865.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(98)07037-8
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- 10.1016/s0140-6736(98)07037-8