Alternative Site Blood Glucose Testing: A Multicenter Study

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 983-989

  Fedele, D ^a   Corsi, A ^b   Noacco, C ^c   Prisco, F ^d   Squatrito, S ^e   Torre, E ^b   Iafusco, D ^d   Errico, M K ^d   Toniato, R ^a   Nicolucci, A ^f   Franciosi, M ^f   De Berardis, G ^f   Neri, L ^g  

^a Diabetes Centre   (Italy)

^b Ospedale La Colletta   (Italy)

^c Diabetes Centre   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^e Endocrinol Metab Dis G   (Italy)

^f LifeScan Italia ^*  (Italy)

^g LifeScan   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAND ALTMAN METHOD; BLOOD GLUCOSE METER; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SAMPLING SITE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ERROR GRID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER TIP; FOREARM; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ABSOLUTE RELATIVE ERROR; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOREARM; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0347624608     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152091503322641033     Document Type: Article

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