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The Sickle Effect: The Silent Titan Affecting Glycated Hemoglobin Reliability

Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is a popular invaluable tool in the diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes for red blood cells (RBCs) with a lifespan of 120 days; however, many factors, including hemoglobinopathies, affect its accuracy. Sickle cell trait, primarily a benign medical condition, is a point mutation in on...

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Autores principales: Gordon, Domonick K, Hussain, Madiha, Kumar, Prabhat, Khan, Sara, Khan, Safeera
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7486097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32923278
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9685