Glycated haemoglobin A1c measurement in stored whole blood sample is reliable for clinical use

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-20

  Ezenwaka, C E ^a   Seales, D ^a   Surujlal, R ^a   Mathura, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHYSICIAN; STUDENT T TEST; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 68549098072     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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