Implementation of haemoglobin A1c results traceable to the IFCC reference system: The way forward

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 942-944

  Panteghini, Mauro ^a,b   John, W Garry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HEXAPEPTIDE;

ACCURACY; CALIBRATION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EDITORIAL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULE; MONITORING; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34548719355     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.198     Document Type: Editorial

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