Hemoglobin A1c is a reliable criterion for diagnosing type 1 diabetes in childhood and adolescence

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 446-449

  Ehehalt, Stefan ^a   Gauger, Nils ^a   Blumenstock, Gunnar ^b   Feldhahn, Lutz ^c   Scheffner, Thomas ^d   Schweizer, Roland ^a   Neu, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^d Children's Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood type 1 diabetes; Diagnosis; HbA1c; Onset

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE;

EID: 77958596512     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2009.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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