Recommendations for the implementation of international standardization of glycated hemoglobin in Italy

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 623-626

  Mosca, Andrea ^a   Branca, Maria Teresa ^b   Carta, Mariarosa ^c   Genna, Maria Ludovica ^d   Giorda, Carlo B ^e   Ghidelli, Rosangela ^f   Ghislandi, Germana ^g   Iafusco, Dario ^h   Lapolla, Annunziata ⁱ   Lombardi, Vera Buondonno ^j   Lovagnini Scher, Carlo Augusto ^k   Marra, Maurizio ^l   Medea, Gerardo ^m   Meschi, Franco ⁿ   Pizzini, Andrea ^o   Rossi, Francesco ^d   Scalpone, Raffaele ^p   Tofini, Gianni ^p   Trovati, Mariella ^q   Zaninotto, Martina ^r  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ASL Lecce   (Italy)

^c ULSS6   (Italy)

^d Azienda Ospedaliera RN Cardarelli   (Italy)

^e ASL 5   (Italy)

^f SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Delegate from Associazione Italiana Diabetici (FAND)   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^j FAND   (Italy)

^k ASL 3   (Italy)

^l INRCA   (Italy)

^m Azienda Ospedaliera di Brescia   (Italy)

ⁿ Neurological Unit   (Italy)

^o ASL 2   (Italy)

^p INI   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Diabetes Control and Complication Trial; External quality assessment; National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; ITALY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77952470323     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.140     Document Type: Article

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