Global standardisation of haemoglobin A1c using metrological principles

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 13-14, 2012, Pages 1048-1050

  John, W Garry ^a,b  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CATION EXCHANGE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLYCATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

EID: 84866009272     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.07.105     Document Type: Article

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