Monitoring glycaemic control: Is there evidence for appropriate use of routine measurement of glycated haemoglobin?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1065-1067

  Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Targher, Giovanni ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Diabetes; Glycosylated haemoglobin; Laboratory testing; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NORMAL VALUE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; OUTPATIENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548805566     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.195     Document Type: Article

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