Endocrine Abstracts

In a recent study, vitamin B-12 deficiency was observed in 10% of metformin-treated type 2 diabetic patients, but neurological status of the patients was not defined. Thus, potential consequences of this observation remained subject to controversy. Therefore, we decided to examine to which extent a vitamin B-12 deficiency can be detected in metformin-treated diabetic patients in daily practice and which impact vitamin B-12 deficiency – if present – could have on the ...