Mortality and metformin use in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease--Authors' reply

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¹ Division of Nephrology, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
² Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
³ Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan; Institutes of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
⁴ Institutes of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan; Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: dctarng@vghtpe.gov.tw.

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Szu-Chun Hung et al. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015 Sep.

. 2015 Sep;3(9):681.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00287-9.

¹ Division of Nephrology, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
² Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
³ Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan; Institutes of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
⁴ Institutes of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan; Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: dctarng@vghtpe.gov.tw.

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Metformin use and mortality in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: national, retrospective, observational, cohort study.
Hung SC, Chang YK, Liu JS, Kuo KL, Chen YH, Hsu CC, Tarng DC. Hung SC, et al. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015 Aug;3(8):605-14. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00123-0. Epub 2015 Jun 17. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015. PMID: 26094107
Mortality and metformin use in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease.
Lalau JD, Kajbaf F, Arnouts P, de Broe M. Lalau JD, et al. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015 Sep;3(9):680-1. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00285-5. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015. PMID: 26298570 No abstract available.