Bloodless glucose measurements

Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-241

  Roe, Jeffrey N ^a   Smoller, Bruce R ^b  

^a Amira Medical Inc   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Device; Diabetes; Glucose; Noninvasive; Sensor

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DERMIS; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; EPIDERMIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; IONTOPHORESIS; MICRODIALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLARIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SENSOR; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TEST STRIP;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; HUMANS;

EID: 0031816932     PISSN: 07434863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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