Intended intramuscular gluteal injections: Are they truly intramuscular

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-178

  Dayananda, L ^a   Belaval, V V ^a   Raina, A ^a   Chandana, R ^a  

^a Narayana Hrudayalaya and Muzumdar Shaw Cancer Center   (India)

Author keywords

Fat thickness; gluteal injection; granuloma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUTEAL FAT; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUBCUTANEOUS GRANULOMA; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY MASS; BUTTOCK; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BUTTOCKS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901409686     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.132334     Document Type: Article

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