Vitamin B12 deficiency and the knowledge and practice of physicians regarding screening for vitamin B12 deficiency among type 2 diabetic patients on metformin in selected hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Background/Aim: The worldwide prevalence of diabetes is high including Saudi Arabia. One standard first-line treatment for diabetes is metformin, which was reported to increase the risk for vitamin B12 deficiency. We wanted to determine the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency in metformin-treated t...
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Gespeichert in:
Autor*in:

Amal N Alshammari [verfasserIn]

Rafay Iqbal [verfasserIn]

Iqra Peer Baksh [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2019

Schlagwörter:

Metformin

type 2 diabetes

Vitamin B12 deficiency

Vitamin B12 screening

Vitamin B12 supplementation

Übergeordnetes Werk:

In: Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care - Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017, 8(2019), 7, Seite 2306-2311

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:8 ; year:2019 ; number:7 ; pages:2306-2311

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DOI / URN:

10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_416_19

Katalog-ID:

DOAJ049384082

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