Differences in the dose accuracy of insulin pens

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 478-481

  Hänel, Heike ^a   Weise, Alexander ^a   Sun, Wei ^a   Pfützner, Johannes W ^a   Thomé, Nicole ^a   Pfützner, Andreas ^a  

^a Institute for Clinical Research and Development   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Disposable pen; Dose delivery; Insulin; Reusable pen

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149101079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229680800200318     Document Type: Article

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