Glycated haemoglobin; past, present, and future are we ready for the change

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-388

  Syed, Iftikhar Ahmad Asim ^a  

^a Whitfield Clinic   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETIC PATIENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCATION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FORECASTING; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79952764305     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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