Meanings
- not comparableRelating to eicosapentanoic acid or its derivatives
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In a recent study by Takeshita et al., when vildagliptin was compared to liraglutide as a second line treatment after sitagliptin baseline levels of docosahexanoic acid but not eicosapentanoic acid demonstrated a significant predictive value for vildagliptin- mediated improvement in glycemic control independent of its effects on insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity [ 10 ].
2015 August 22, M. P. Yavropoulou et al., “Efficacy and tolerability of vildagliptin as first line treatment in patients with diabetes type 2 in an outpatient setting”, in Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, volume 14, →DOI
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