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In Reply: More Questions than Answers in Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA)

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    Adam Blumenberg

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, NYCH+H Kings County, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Roshanak Benabbas, Richard Sinert, Amy Jeng & Sage W. Wiener

  3. Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Roshanak Benabbas, Richard Sinert, Amy Jeng & Sage W. Wiener

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Blumenberg, A., Benabbas, R., Sinert, R. et al. In Reply: More Questions than Answers in Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA). J. Med. Toxicol. 16, 338–339 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13181-020-00771-x

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