The Research Landscape of Metformin and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Bibliometric Analysis

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Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 237, 2026 2026 8^th International Conference on Biotechnology and Biomedicine (ICBB 2026)


Article Number		01006
Number of page(s)		6
Section		Molecular and Cellular Pathophysiology
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202623701006
Published online		10 June 2026

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