Diabetes Care, Vol 19, Issue 12 1449-1450, Copyright © 1996 by American Diabetes Association
Phenformin-associated lactic acidosis due to imported phenformin
HC Lu, PP Parikh and DL Lorber
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. This article has been cited by other articles:
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