Method for analyzing the glycation of hemoglobin
US5384239A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 21, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/723
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
As red blood cells age, their hemoglobin is progressively glycosylated. This invention relates to analyzing the history of blood sugar metabolism over a period of several months by taking a blood sample, separating the cells into age-ordered cohorts, determining glycohemoglobin levels in the cells of each cohort, and correlating glycohemoglobin levels with red blood cell age, while correcting for the reversibility of the Amadori rearrangement.
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