Can caretakers of children with IDDM accurately measure small insulin doses and dose changes?

Diabetes Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-59

  Silva, Sheryl R ^b   Clark, Loretta ^a   Goodman, Steven N ^a   Plotnick, Leslie P ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of Pediatric Endocrinology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT;

EID: 0030053001     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.19.1.56     Document Type: Article

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