Use of HbA 1c in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in the UK. The implementation of World Health Organization guidance 2011

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1350-1357

  John, W G ^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

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGING; ANEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE LIFESPAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MICROANGIOPATHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POINT OF CARE TESTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGING; ANEMIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84867196876     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2012.03762.x     Document Type: Note

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