Insulin use, prescription patterns, regimens and costs.-a narrative from a developing country

Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ogbera, Anthonia O ^a   Kuku, Sonny F ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b Ikeja General Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; INSULIN GLARGINE; INSULIN ZINC SUSPENSION; ISOPHANE INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84870174237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17585996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-5996-4-50     Document Type: Article

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