Glucose: A simple molecule that is not simple to quantify

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2040-2041

  Gambino, Raymond ^a  

^a QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE COURSE; GLUCOSE ASSAY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; SCREENING;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; GLYCOLYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 36649016885     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.094466     Document Type: Note

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