Glycated haemoglobin: What is the diagnostic yield at shortened testing intervals?

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Loh, Tze Ping ^a   Tan, Karen Mei Ling ^a   Saw, Sharon ^a   Sethi, Sunil Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glycated haemoglobin; Laboratory; Monitoring; Testing interval

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255135988     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.07.034     Document Type: Article

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