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Does lactate account for all of the increase in anion gap in cases of metformin-induced lactic acidosis?

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    Shafie Makehei & Ramin Sam

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Makehei, S., Sam, R. Does lactate account for all of the increase in anion gap in cases of metformin-induced lactic acidosis?. Clin Exp Nephrol 19, 1210–1211 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10157-015-1124-0

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