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Preferred term

Glycated Hemoglobin A  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Products of non-enzymatic reactions between GLUCOSE and HEMOGLOBIN A, occurring as a minor fraction of the hemoglobin components of human erythrocytes. Hemoglobin A1c is hemoglobin A with glucose covalently bound to the 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.

Entry terms

  • Glycohemoglobin A
  • Glycosylated Hemoglobin A
  • Hb A1
  • HbA1
  • Hb A1a+b
  • Hb A1c
  • Hemoglobin A(1)
  • Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated

In other languages

  • French

  • Glycohémoglobine A
  • Hb A1
  • Hb A1a+b
  • Hb A1c
  • HbA1
  • Hémoglobine A(1)
  • Hémoglobine A1
  • Hémoglobine A1c
  • Hémoglobine glycosylée A1c

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JPQSGCRL-1

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