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Vitamin B12 deficiency in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus using metformin and the associated factors in Saudi Arabia

Roqaih R. Al Saeed and Muneera A. Baraja
Saudi Medical Journal February 2021, 42 (2) 161-165; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.2.25693
Roqaih R. Al Saeed
From the Department of Family Medicine (Al Saeed, Baraja), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center/King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Muneera A. Baraja
From the Department of Family Medicine (Al Saeed, Baraja), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center/King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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