Treatment adherence with the easypod™ growth hormone electronic auto-injector and patient acceptance: Survey results from 824 children and their parents

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bozzola, Mauro ^a   Colle, Michel ^b   Halldin Stenlid, Maria ^c   Larroque, Sylvain ^d   Zignani, Monia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Uppsala University ^*  (France)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Merck Serono GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRONIC AUTOINJECTOR; ELECTRONICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79551603836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6823-11-4     Document Type: Article

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