Global standardization of glycated hemoglobin measurement: The position of the IFCC Working Group

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1077-1080

  Mosca, Andrea ^a   Goodall, Ian ^b   Hoshino, Tadao ^c   Jeppsson, Jan O ^d   John, W Garry ^e   Little, Randie R ^f   Miedema, Kor ^g   Myers, Gary L ^h   Reinauer, Hans ⁱ   Sacks, David B ^j   Weykamp, Cas W ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Institute of Biopathological Medicine   (Japan)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f University of Missouri   (United States)

^g ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

ⁱ INSTAND eV   (Germany)

^j BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k Queen Beatrix Hospital   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Diabetes; Glycated hemoglobin; HbA1c; Network; Reference methods; Standardization

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

CALIBRATOR; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DRUG NOMENCLATURE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GLOBAL STANDARDIZATION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERANTIONAL FEDERATION OF CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; WORKING GROUP ON STANDARDIZATION OF HBA1C;

HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 34548792393     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.246     Document Type: Review

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