Glycated albumin may have a complementary role to glycated hemoglobin in glucose monitoring in childhood acute leukemia

• Main Authors: Soo Yeun Sim (Author), Su Jin Park (Author), Jae Won Yoo (Author), Seongkoo Kim (Author), Jae Wook Lee (Author), Nack-Gyun Chung (Author), Bin Cho (Author), Byung-Kyu Suh (Author), Moon Bae Ahn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) as a glycemic index may have limited value in pediatric patients with acute leukemia as they often present with anemia and/or pancytopenia. To address this issue, we evaluated the usefulness of glycated albumin (GA) as a glycemic monitoring index in pediatric pati...