Reporting variant hemoglobins discovered during hemoglobin A1c analysis - Common practices in clinical laboratories

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 124-128

  Behan, Kristina Jackson ^a   Storey, Natalie M ^a   Lee, Hong Kee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glycohemoglobin; HbA1c; HbF; Hemoglobinopathy; Reporting; Standardization; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

ARTIFACTS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DATA COLLECTION; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 67650269374     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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