Is HbA1c a good screening test for diabetes mellitus?
β Scribed by Trefor N. Higgins; David Tran; George S. Cembrowski; Carol Shalapay; Pamela Steele; Carmen Wiley
- Book ID
- 118430808
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 211 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-9120
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