What's in a name? Standardisation of HbA(1c): a response.
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W. Garry John, Gunnar Nordin and Mauro Panteghini* 1 Clinical Biochemistry, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, UEA, Norwich, NR4 7UY, UK 2 External Quality Assurance in Laboratory Medicine in Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden 3 Centre for Metrological Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (CIRME) and Department of Clinical Sciences ‘‘Luigi Sacco’’, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine
دوره 46 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008