Point-of-care assays for hemoglobin A 1c: Is performance adequate?

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1333-1334

  Little, Randie R ^a   Lenters Westra, Erna ^b,c   Rohlfing, Curt L ^a   Slingerland, Robbert ^b,c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c European Reference Laboratory for Glycohemoglobin   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; REAGENT;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CERTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; POINT OF CARE TESTING;

HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 80052204168     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.165019     Document Type: Letter

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