Could glycated hemoglobin be used as a diagnostic tool in diabetes mellitus?
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Could glycated hemoglobin be used as a diagnostic tool in diabetes mellitus?
The diagnosis of carbohydrate metabolism disturbances is often delayed in a number of individuals due to unsatisfactory reliability and inconvenience of the currently available diagnostic tests. Clinical and economic benefits of an early diagnosis of diabetes are generally acknowledged. However, it is estimated that almost 30% of subjects with diabetes are not aware of the disease, and moreover...
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عنوان ژورنال: Polish Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1897-9483
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.901