Concept information
Preferred term
Glycated Hemoglobin
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Glycated Hemoglobins
- Glycohemoglobin
- Glycohemoglobins
- Glycosylated Hemoglobin
- Hemoglobin, Glycosylated
- Hemoglobins, Glycated
Note
- urine: coordinate with HEMOGLOBINURIA
Scope note
- Products of non-enzymatic reactions between GLUCOSE and HEMOGLOBIN (occurring as a minor fraction of the hemoglobin of ERYTHROCYTES.) It generally refers to glycated HEMOGLOBIN A. Hemoglobin A1c (Hb A1c) is hemoglobin A with GLYCATION on a terminal VALINE of the beta chain. Glycated hemoglobin A is used as an index of the average blood sugar level over a lifetime of erythrocytes.
History note
- 2018 (1982)
In other languages
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Finnish
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glycohaemoglobinum
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glykohemoglobiini
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glykohemoglobiini A
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glykoitunut hemoglobiini
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glykoitunut hemoglobiini A
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glykosyloitunut hemoglobiini A
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HbA1c
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hemoglobiini A1c
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sokerihemoglobiini
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Glykerat hemoglobin A
Swedish
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Glykerat hemoglobin A1a-2
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Glykerat hemoglobin A1c
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Glykosylerat A1b hemoglobin
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Glykosylerat hemoglobin
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Glykosylerat hemoglobin A
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Glykosylerat hemoglobin A1a-1
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HbA1
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HbA1c
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006442
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