Standardization of HbA 1c: Good or bad?

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 408-411

  Marshall, Sally M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES CONTROL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; STANDARD;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS;

EID: 77955672787     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2010.66     Document Type: Note

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