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A weekly diabetes shot called exenatide doesn’t seem to lower the risk of serious kidney problems in adults with type 2 diabetes when looking at the raw data. But when researchers adjusted the...

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Microvascular and Cardiovascular Outcomes According to Renal Function in Patients Treated With Once-Weekly Exenatide: Insights From the EXSCEL Trial

Randomized Controlled Trial
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2020 Feb

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Microvascular and Cardiovascular Outcomes According to Renal Function in Patients Treated With Once-Weekly Exenatide: Insights From the EXSCEL Trial

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DOI: 10.2337/dc19-1065

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