Pitfalls of Measuring Hemoglobin A1c in a Patient with Sickle Cell Trait in South Korea.

Korean J Fam Med

Department of Internal Medicine, International Health Service, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

Published: July 2019

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