Effect of Hemoglobinopathies on Hemoglobin A1c Measurements

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Malekiani, Christina L ^a   Ganesan, Anuradha ^a   Decker, Catherine F ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FRUCTOSAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS;

EID: 43749088275     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.02.015     Document Type: Letter

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