Performance of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) methods evaluated with EQAS studies using fresh blood samples: Still space for improvements

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 451, Issue , 2015, Pages 305-309

  Mosca, Andrea ^a   Paleari, Renata ^a   Carobene, Anna ^b   Weykamp, Cas ^c   Ceriotti, Ferruccio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Queen Beatrix Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Diabetes; Standardization; Traceability

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84952985604     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2015.10.014     Document Type: Article

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