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Use of glycosylated haemoglobin as diagnostic tool in Greenland: prevalence of diagnosed diabetes mellitus
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM) in Greenland has been reported very high with only 30% of cases diagnosed. In 2010, glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C) was introduced as a diagnostic tool in Greenland. However, the current use of A1c is unknown as well as the current preva...
Autores principales: | Damsgaard, Line, Pedersen, Michael Lynge |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3851810/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24172144 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-5-59 |
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