What's in a name? Standardisation of HbA1c: A response

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1326-1327

  John, W Garry ^a   Nordin, Gunnar ^b   Panteghini, Mauro ^c  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b External Quality Assurance in Laboratory Medicine in Sweden   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haemoglobin A1c; Nomenclature; Standardisation; Traceability

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSENSUS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 51849086342     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.269     Document Type: Letter

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