Common Hemoglobin Variants in Southern Taiwan and Their Effect on the Determination of HbA1c by Ion-exchange High-performance Liquid Chromatography

Chih-Hsun Chu, Hing-Chung Lam, Jenn‐Kuen Lee, Mei-Chun Wang, Chih-Chen Lu, Chun-Chin Sun, Ming-Ju Chuang

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association · 2009 · 11 citations · 15 references

Abstract

The existence of Hb variants may result in false HbA1c measurement. The possible presence of spuriously low HbA1c levels or abnormal HPLC chromatograms by using ion-exchange methods should be kept in mind.

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