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- Title
Short-term metabolic and cardiovascular effects of metformin in markedly obese adolescents with normal glucose tolerance.
- Authors
Burgert, Tania S; Duran, Elvira J; Goldberg-Gell, Rachel; Dziura, James; Yeckel, Catherine W; Katz, Stuart; Tamborlane, William V; Caprio, Sonia
- Abstract
Although metformin (MET) is an insulin sensitizer currently used as an adjunct to the treatment of some of the complications of childhood obesity besides type 2 diabetes mellitus, few studies have comprehensively examined its metabolic and clinical effects in obese children with normal glucose tolerance (NGT).
- Publication
Pediatric diabetes, 2008, Vol 9, Issue 6, p567
- ISSN
1399-5448
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1399-5448.2008.00434.x