Pioglitazone: An Ongoing Misery in the Developing Countries to Which I can’t be Pragmatic!

Journal Title: Open Access Journal of Endocrinology - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 2

Abstract

In 2014, I've published an article warning against the widespread usage of pioglitazone in the developing countries though it has been banned or heavily restricted in all developed countries due to its proved causation with an increased incidence of bladder carcinoma

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Mina T Kelleni

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  • EP ID EP448891
  • DOI 10.23880/oaje-16000122
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Mina T Kelleni (2018). Pioglitazone: An Ongoing Misery in the Developing Countries to Which I can’t be Pragmatic!. Open Access Journal of Endocrinology, 2(2), 1-2. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-448891