Should metformin be continued after hospital admission in patients with COVID-19?- RETRACTED

Nasser Mikhail, Soma Wali

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Retraction note:

Based on COPE guidelines the article was retracted by Editor-in-Chief:

The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources or disclosure to the editor, permission to republish, or justification (ie, cases of redundant publication).


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Diabetes Research: Open Access
DOI: 10.36502/2020/droa.6171
Diab Res Open Access. 2020 Oct 10;2(3):68-71

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https://asploro.com/safety-of-metformin-in-hospitalized-patients-with-covid-19/

 

 


Keywords


COVID-19, Diabetes, Metformin, Safety, Mortality, Lactic acidosis

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