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Interference of drug in monitoring of a diabetic patient - case report

Publication at Central Library of Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2011

Abstract

There is significant recurrent discrepance between elevated fasting plasma glukose and glycohemoglobin in a patient with diabetes mellitus type 1. The fall in glycohemoglobin results is due to short life span of erythrocytes as a product of dapson-induced hemolysis.

Fructosamine concentrations is more appropriate to control diabetes mellitus in this case, because is not affected by hemolysis