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Glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1a−c) and serum albumin (glycosyl-albumin) have been determined in patients with severe diabetic ketoacidosis and non-acidotic coma. Within one week of therapy the level of glycosyl-albumin decreased from 184 mmol 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF)/mol albumin to 152 mmol HMF/mol albumin (p<0.01) and was gradually lowered by some 40% during a period of 17 days. In contrast, the level of HbA1a−c remained unchanged. From these observations and findings in a patient with insulinoma, it appears that glycosyl-albumin provides a more acute measure of variation in relative glycaemia than HbA1a−c, and may prove useful as a measure of medium-term diabetes control.
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Dolhofer, R., Renner, R. & Wieland, O.H. Different behaviour of haemoglobin A1a−c and glycosyl-albumin levels during recovery from diabetic ketoacidosis and non-acidotic coma. Diabetologia 21, 211–215 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00252656
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