Letter
Comment on HbA1c determination from HemaSpot blood collection devices: comparison of home-prepared dried blood spots with standard venous blood analysis
N. Verougstraete,
N. Verougstraete
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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V. Stove
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Search for more papers by this author C. Stove,
C. Stove
Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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N. Verougstraete,
N. Verougstraete
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Search for more papers by this author V. Stove,
V. Stove
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Search for more papers by this author C. Stove,
C. Stove
Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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First published: 06 December 2019
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