A mistaken diagnosis of type 2 diabetes due to hemoglobin N-baltimore

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 336, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 524-526

  Nyenwe, Ebenezer A ^a   Fisher, Joseph N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glycohemoglobin; Hemoglobin N Baltimore

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BENAZEPRIL; C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HEMOGLOBIN N BALTIMORE; INSULIN; METFORMIN; NATEGLINIDE; PIOGLITAZONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; HEMOGLOBINS N;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOITER; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SWEATING; TREMOR; BLOOD; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS;

EID: 59049091412     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318164bcd3     Document Type: Article

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