Glucose monitoring at the arm: Risky delays of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia detection

Diabetes Care

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 956-960

  Jungheim, Karsten ^a   Koschinsky, Theodor ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREARM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITOR; RECORDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; TIME; AWARENESS; BLOOD; CAPILLARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VASCULARIZATION;

AWARENESS; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CAPILLARIES; FINGERS; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036593252     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.25.6.956     Document Type: Article

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