What's in a name? Standardization of HbA1c

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 878-879

  McLaughlin, Pamela M J ^a   Bakker, Andries J ^b  

^a NIJ SMELLINGHE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b KCL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A1C; Hemoglobin A1c

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 44949088413     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.174     Document Type: Letter

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