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Falsely low HbA1c value due to a rare variant of hemoglobin J-Baltimore.
Primary care diabetes - 1 Sept 2008
Barakat Ossama, Krishnan S T Murali, Dhatariya Ketan
Abstract excerpt
HbA1c values are heavily relied on to assess glycemic control. Hemoglobin variants may interfere with measurements of HbA1c resulting in falsely low values. We present the first report of a rare variant of Hb in a patient with type 2 diabetes, which lead to a falsely low HbA1c.
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