Metformin as Treatment for Overweight and Obese Adults: A Systematic Review

Kara M. Levri; Elizabeth Slaymaker; Allen Last; Julie Yeh; Jonathan Ference; Frank D’Amico; Stephen A. Wilson

doi:10.1370/afm.343

Article Information

vol. 3 no. 5 457-461

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.343

PubMed

16189063

Published By

The Annals of Family Medicine

Print ISSN

1544-1709

Online ISSN

1544-1717

History

Received for publication October 4, 2004
Revision received April 19, 2005
Accepted for publication April 28, 2005
Published online September 27, 2005.

Author Information

Kara M. Levri, MD, MPH1,
Elizabeth Slaymaker, MD1,2,
Allen Last, MD1,
Julie Yeh, MD1,
Jonathan Ference, PharmD1,3,
Frank D’Amico, PhD1 and
Stephen A. Wilson, MD1

¹University of Pittsburgh Medical Center St. Margaret, Pittsburgh, Pa
²Grace Medical Associates, Pittsburgh, Pa
³University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Kara M. Levri, MD, MPH, UPMC St. Margaret, 3937 Butler St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201, kl55882{at}aol.com

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