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Study of glycated protein as a marker for diabetes in Central Africa
The possibilities are explored to use glycation of fingernail keratins as an alternative and affordable biomarker for detection and monitoring of diabetes. Classical diagnostic markers (glucose, HbA1c) are difficult to use in an African context.
Date:1 Oct 2013 → 30 Sep 2017
Keywords:diabetes biomarker, Africa, glycation
Disciplines:Public health sciences, Endocrinology and metabolic diseases, Public health services, Medical systems biology, Public health care, Laboratory medicine, Medicinal chemistry