title: HbA1c and monitoring glycaemia.
abstract: This article forms part of our 'Tests and results' series for 2012, which aims to provide information about common tests that general practitioners order regularly. It considers areas such as indications, what to tell the patient, what the test can and cannot tell you, and interpretation of results.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth Specialist Centre, Adelaide, South Australia. pat.phillips@me.com
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood*; D003940:Diagnostic Techniques, Endocrine; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin