Implications of thiazolidinedione use and cardiovascular risk: is it all about the sugar?

Pharmacotherapy

Colorado Prevention Center and the Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado 80203, USA.

Published: July 2006

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