Prevalence of hemoglobin variants and their effect on Hba1c measurement among the indigenous population of north Bengal attending a tertiary care hospital

Background: Several forms of hemoglobin variants might be present in the population being fully or partially silent. Furthermore, a high percentage of the population is already suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) which is mainly monitored by HbA1c estimation. As the structure of hemoglobin...

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Main Authors: Soutrik Roy, Indrajit Nath, Sayantan Dasgupta, Arun Kumar, Utpal Kumar Biswas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara 2022-06-01
Series:Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/43044