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Fatal hemolytic anemia associated with metformin: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Metformin is a widely prescribed biguanide antidiabetic drug that has been implicated as a cause of hemolytic anemia in three previous case reports. We report a case of rapidly fatal hemolysis that was temporally associated with the initiation of metformin treatment for diabetes. Clini...

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Main Authors: Packer, Clifford D, Hornick, Thomas R, Augustine, Sarah A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2546413/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18783609
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-300
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