HbA1c measurements from dried blood spots: Validation and patient satisfaction

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1259-1264

  Fokkema, M Rebecca ^a,c   Bakker, Andries J ^a   De Boer, Fokje ^b   Kooistra, Jeltsje ^a   De Vries, Sifra ^a   Wolthuis, Albert ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^b Sionsberg Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capillary blood; Dried blood spots; Filter paper; HbA1c; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRIED BLOOD SPOT; FEMALE; FILTER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOTURBIDIMETRY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURBIDIMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349816969     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.274     Document Type: Article

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