Open AccessStudy of Vitamin B 12 deficiency and peripheral neuropathy in metformin-treated early Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Ranjan Roy,
Kaushik Ghosh,
Manas Ghosh,
Amitava Acharyya,
Ambarish Bhattacharya,
Mrinal Pal,
Sisir Chakraborty,
Nilanjan Sengupta
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.190542
Subject(s) - medicine , metformin , peripheral neuropathy , type 2 diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , vitamin b , endocrinology , vitamin
Long-term therapy with metformin was shown to decrease the Vitamin B 12 level and manifested as peripheral neuropathy.