Change of HbA1c reporting to the new SI units

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-46

  Jones, Graham R D ^a,b   Barker, George ^c   Goodall, Ian ^d   Schneider, Hans Gerhard ^e   Shephard, Mark D S ^f   Twigg, Stephen M ^g  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Hornsby Ku Ring Gai Health Service   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HEALTH   (Australia)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BLOOD; METABOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79960103966     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03190.x     Document Type: Article

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