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Metformin accumulation: Lactic acidosis and high plasmatic metformin levels in a retrospective case series of 66 patients on chronic therapy

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Pages 129-135 | Received 29 Apr 2013, Accepted 25 Oct 2013, Published online: 28 Nov 2013

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