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Estimation of HbA1c in hospitalized patients with bronchial asthma

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Acknowledgements

Many thanks go to Dr. Yousif Ali Yaseen, Dr. Arten and Suzan Hussein for their help in completing this study.

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  1. College of Medicine, University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq

    Bayar Qasim & Safer Haj

  2. Azadi Teaching Hospital, Duhok, Iraq

    Herish Ahmed

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Qasim, B., Haj, S. & Ahmed, H. Estimation of HbA1c in hospitalized patients with bronchial asthma. Endocrine 58, 391–393 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-017-1395-1

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