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The implementation of international standardization of glycated hemoglobin. A “red-letter-day” for glycated hemoglobin in Italy: 1/1/11 Italian Recommendations of GLAD Working Group (A1c delegates WG)

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  1. Delegate from Società Italiana di Biochimica Clinica e Biologia Molecolare Clinica (SIBioC), University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    A. Mosca (GLAD Wordking Group Coordinator)

  2. Delegate from Società Italiana di Endocrinologia e di Diabetologia Pediatrica (SIEDP/ISPED), Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

    D. Iafusco

  3. Delegate from Società Italiana di Endocrinologia e di Diabetologia Pediatrica (SIEDP/ISPED), IRCCS S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy

    F. Meschi

  4. Delegate from Operatori Sanitari di Diabetologia Italiani (OSDI), ASL Lecce, Lecce, Italy

    M. T. Branca

  5. Delegate from Società Italiana di Medicina di Laboratorio (SIMeL), ULSS6 Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy

    M. Carta

  6. Delegate from Associazione Italiana Patologia Clinica e Medicina Molecolare (AIPaCMeM), Azienda Ospedaliera RN Cardarelli, Naples, Italy

    M. L. Genna

  7. Delegate from Associazione Medici Diabetologi (AMD), ASL Torino 5, Turin, Italy

    C. B. Giorda

  8. Delegate from Operatori Sanitari di Diabetologia Italiani (OSDI), Azienda Ospedaliera S. Anna, Como, Italy

    R. Ghidelli

  9. Delegate from Associazione Italiana Diabetici (FAND), Milan, Italy

    G. Ghislandi

  10. Delegate from Società Italiana di Diabetologia (SID), University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    A. Lapolla

  11. President of FAND, Milan, Italy

    V. Buondonno Lombardi

  12. Delegate from Associazione Medici Diabetologi, ASL 3, Monza, Milan, Italy

    C. A. Lovagnini

  13. Delegate from SIMeL, INRCA IRCCS, Ancona, Italy

    M. Marra

  14. Delegate from Società Italiana di Medicina Generale (SIMG), Azienda Ospedaliera di Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    G. Medea

  15. Delegate from Federazione Italiana Medici di Famiglia (FIMMG), ASL Torino 2, Turin, Italy

    A. Pizzini

  16. Delegate from AIPaCMeM, Azienda Ospedaliera RN Cardarelli, Naples, Italy

    F. Rossi

  17. President of Associazione Italiana per la Difesa dei Diabetici (AID), Ospedale INI, Grottaferrata (Rome), Italy

    R. Scalpone

  18. Delegate from Associazione Italiana per la Difesa dei Diabetici (AID), Ospedale INI, Grottaferrata (Rome), Italy

    G. Tofini

  19. Delegate from Società Italiana di Diabetologia (SID), University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    M. Trovati

  20. Delegate from Società Italiana di Biochimica Clinica e Biologia Molecolare Clinica (SIBioC), Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Padua, Italy

    M. Zaninotto

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This paper has been published (modified) also in Clin Chem Lab Med 2010 (Ref. 18).

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GLAD (Gruppo di LAvoro dei Delegati) Working Group (A1c delegates WG)., Mosca, A., Iafusco, D. et al. The implementation of international standardization of glycated hemoglobin. A “red-letter-day” for glycated hemoglobin in Italy: 1/1/11 Italian Recommendations of GLAD Working Group (A1c delegates WG). J Endocrinol Invest 35, 353–356 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3275/7771

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