Comparison of hemoglobin A1c measurements of samples with elevated fetal hemoglobin by three commercial assays

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 413, Issue 19-20, 2012, Pages 1712-1713

  Shu, Irene ^a   Devaraj, Sridevi ^b   Hanson, Steven E ^c   Little, Randie R ^c   Wang, Ping ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F;

BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GLYCATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOTURBIDIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LETTER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84864383935     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.05.017     Document Type: Letter

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