Elevation of HbA1C in non-diabetic hypothyroid individuals: Is anaemia the connecting link? -A preliminary study

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2442-2444

  Christy, Alap L ^a   Manjrekar, Poornima ^a   Babu, Ruby P ^a   Rukmini, M S ^a   Hegde, Anupama ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Diabetes; HbA1C; Hypothyroidism; Red cell survival time

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84887381949     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/6703.3569     Document Type: Article

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