Usability of a microtapered needle (TN3305) for insulin treatment in Japanese patients with diabetes mellitus: A comparative clinical study with a standard thin wall needle

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 489-494

  Asakura, Toshinari ^a   Seino, Hiroaki ^b   Nunoi, Kiyohide ^c   Hashimoto, Kazuyo ^c   Mutou, Tatsuya ^d   Yamazaki, Katsuya ^e   Kakutani, Minako ^e   Toraishi, Ken Ichi ^f   Kitaoka, Masafumi ^g   Daikoku, Harumi ^g   Sugiyama, Kazuhiko ^h   Narasaki, Koushi ⁱ   Tsuji, Kazuo ^j   Ohnishi, Shinsaku ^j   Oto, Kazushige ^j   Tsujimoto, Tsutomu ^k   Nakano, Reiko ^l  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b OHTA NISHINOUCHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^f SAISEIKAI FUKUOKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

^h Saiseikai Yamagata Saisei Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ TOTTORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j NISHI KOBE MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^k HYOGO PREFECTURAL AMAGASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^l Manda Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF INJECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; INSULIN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33750611477     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2006.8.489     Document Type: Article

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