Caveats regarding the use of HbA1c for prediction of mean blood glucose

Diabetologia

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 903-904

  Chalew, S ^a   Hempe, J M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MONITORING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MONITORING; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; KINETICS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 41849134246     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-0968-1     Document Type: Letter

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