Alternative site testing at the earlobe tip: Reliability of glucose measurements and pain perception [3]

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 616-617

  Toledo, Frederico G S ^a,b   Taylor, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CAPILLARY BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EAR LOBE; FINGER; FOREARM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; NOCICEPTION;

EID: 0842268322     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.2.616-a     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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2. Huskisson EC: Measurement of pain. Lancet 9:1127-1131, 1974
3. Clarke WL, Cox D, Gonder-Frederick LA, Carter W, Pohl SL: Evaluating clinical accuracy of systems for self-monitoring of blood glucose. Diabetes Care 10:622-628, 1987