Artefactually low glycated haemoglobin in a patient with severe hypertriglyceridaemia

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 394-395

  Garrib, A ^a   Griffiths, W ^a   Eldridge, P ^a   Hatton, R ^a   Worsley, A ^a   Crook, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMMUNOTURBIDIMETRIC METHOD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ARTIFACTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037994128     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.5.394     Document Type: Article

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