Biological variation of hemoglobin a1c: Consequences for diagnosing diabetes mellitus

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1570-1572

  Lenters Westra, Erna ^a,b   Røraas, Thomas ^c   Schindhelm, Roger K ^d   Slingerland, Robbert J ^a,b   Sandberg, Sverre ^c,e,f  

^a Department of Clinical Chemistry ^*  (Netherlands)

^b European Reference Laboratory for Glycohemoglobin   (Netherlands)

^c Haraldsplass Hospital   (Norway)

^d Northwest Clinics   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LETTER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84925546022     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2014.227983     Document Type: Letter

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