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