Comparison of Glycated Albumin (GA) and Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) in type 2 diabetic patients: Usefulness of GA for evaluation of short-term changes in glycemic control

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-144

  Takahashi, Satomi ^a   Uchino, Hiroshi ^a   Shimizu, Tomoaki ^a   Kanazawa, Akio ^a   Tamura, Yoshifumi ^a   Sakai, Ken ^a   Watada, Hirotaka ^a   Hirose, Takahisa ^a   Kawamori, Ryuzo ^a   Tanaka, Yasushi ^a,b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Glycated albumin; Glycated hemoglobin; Glycation product; Glycemic control

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCOSYLATED ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN GLARGINE; NATEGLINIDE; SULFONYLUREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947605228     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K06-103     Document Type: Article

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