Levels of glycated albumin seem to predict mortality and hospitalization more accurately than does levels of glycated hemoglobin in patients with diabetes mellitus who are on dialysis. Should we be measuring glycated albumin instead of glycated hemoglobin in this group of patients?
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Biesenbach, G., Pohanka, E. Glycated albumin or HbA1c in dialysis patients with diabetes?. Nat Rev Nephrol 7, 490–492 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2011.95
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