[HbA1c: need of its dosage in diabetics (author's transl)].
HbA1c is the product of a slow, virtually irreversible reaction, occurring continuously throughout the 120 day life-span of the erythrocyte, between HbAo and glucose. It has been shown to represent the time-averaged blood glucose concentration of the preceeding 2 month period, and is independant of day to day fluctuations in the blood glucose concentration. HbA1c therefore acts as a biochemical marker and permits clinicans, by one test, to judge the quality of the diabetic control, in their patients.
D001786:Blood Glucose; D002845:Chromatography; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000502:physiology; D006029:Glycosuria; D006441:Hemoglobin A / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors
D001786:Blood Glucose; D006441:Hemoglobin A
Hémoglobine A1c: intérêt de son dosage chez les diabétiques.