What does the EMPA-REG OUTCOME study mean for a general practitioner? Review article

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Bartosz J. Sapilak
Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas
Grzegorz Dzida

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At work we discuss the conclusions of the three-year EMPA-REG OUTCOME study in which patients with second type diabetes with high cardiovascular risk were treated with addition of empagliflozin.

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Sapilak , B. J., Mastalerz-Migas, A., & Dzida , G. (2020). What does the EMPA-REG OUTCOME study mean for a general practitioner?. Medycyna Faktow (J EBM), 13(4(49), 395-398. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.MF.0420.2
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