Is insulin pump therapy better than injection for adolescents with diabetes?

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-125

  Wu, Yelena P ^a   Graves, Montserrat M ^a   Roberts, Michael C ^a   Mitchell, Adela C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Tallahassee Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Insulin pump; Multiple daily injections; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOLLINGSHEAD INDEX; HUMAN; INJECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN PUMP; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MULTIPLE DAILY INJECTION; PARENTAL STRESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; INSULIN INFUSION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INJECTIONS; INSULIN INFUSION SYSTEMS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77955095009     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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