Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 229-235 , May 2007

Hepatic safety profile and glycemic control of pioglitazone in more than 20,000 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Postmarketing surveillance study in Japan

  • Ryuzo Kawamori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5802 1578; fax: +81 3 3813 5996.
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  • Takashi Kadowaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Morikazu Onji

      Affiliations

    • Third Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
    • ,
  • Yutaka Seino

      Affiliations

    • Kansai Electric Power Hospital, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuo Akanuma

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Diabetes Care and Research, Asahi Life Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
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  • on behalf of the PRACTICAL Study Group

      Affiliations

    • The PRACTICAL (PRospective ACTos practICAL experience) Study Group is composed of physicians at 4093 institutions in all 47 prefectures of Japan.

Received 28 March 2006 ,Revised 9 June 2006 ,Accepted 30 August 2006.

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PII: S0168-8227(06)00399-8

doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.08.017

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 229-235 , May 2007

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