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Case Reports
. 1996 Dec;19(12):1449-50.
doi: 10.2337/diacare.19.12.1449.

Phenformin-associated lactic acidosis due to imported phenformin

H C Lu  1 , P P Parikh, D L Lorber
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Case Reports

Phenformin-associated lactic acidosis due to imported phenformin

H C Lu et al. Diabetes Care. 1996 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To emphasize the continued incidence of phenformin-associated lactic acidosis.

Case report: We report a case of phenformin-associated lactic acidosis in a Chinese man who received phenformin while in China. Diagnosis was made; the patient was treated appropriately and survived.

Comments: Phenformin-associated lactic acidosis may still occur in the U.S.

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