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Should metformin be used in every patient with type 2 diabetes?

Vinni Makin, MBBS, MD, FACE and M. Cecilia Lansang, MD, MPH
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2019, 86 (1) 17-20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18039
Vinni Makin
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
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M. Cecilia Lansang
Professor of Medicine; Director, Inpatient Diabetes Service; Chair, Cleveland Clinic Health Systems Diabetes Care Committee; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic
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vol. 86 no. 1 17-20
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18039
PubMed 
30624182

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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0891-1150
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1939-2869
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  • Published online January 1, 2019.

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  1. Vinni Makin, MBBS, MD, FACE⇑
  1. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
  2. Clinical Assistant Professor, Ohio Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Cleveland, OH
  3. Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic
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    Vinni Makin, MBBS, MD, FACE, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, F20, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; makinv{at}ccf.org
  1. M. Cecilia Lansang, MD, MPH
  1. Professor of Medicine; Director, Inpatient Diabetes Service; Chair, Cleveland Clinic Health Systems Diabetes Care Committee; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic

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