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Determination of glucose in human vitreous humor

Various analytical methods give different results

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In twenty cases, human vitreous humor glucose concentrations were measured with five different methods in common use. Striking differences in glucose values were obtained by the various analytical procedures. The reasons for these discrepancies remain obscure. Before interpretation of a given vitreous value, therefore, the analytical method employed must be known.

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In Glaskörper-Flüssigkeit wurde die Glucose-Konzentration mit fünf verschiedenen Methoden, die im allgemeinen Gebrauch sind, in zwanzig Fällen bestimmt. Es wurden hierbei erhebliche Differenzen in den Glucose-Werten mit den verschiedenen Analysenmethoden erhalten, wobei die Ursachen für die Diskrepanzen unklar sind. Bei der Beurteilung von Glucose Konzentrationen im Glaskörper muß daher die angewandte Bestimmungsmethode berücksichtigt werden.

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  1. Department of Clinical Chemistry, Rikshospitalet, Oslo 1, Norway

    L. N. W. Daae

  2. The Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Oslo, Rikshospitalet, Oslo 1, Norway

    B. Teige & H. Svaar

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Daae, L.N.W., Teige, B. & Svaar, H. Determination of glucose in human vitreous humor. Z Rechtsmed 80, 287–291 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02092325

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