Falsely lowered glycated hemoglobin levels in a patient with hemochromatosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus Beverly Mielke Kocarnik MD, MPH1*, Dawn DeWitt MD, MSc2, Irl B. Hirsch MD3 1Department of Internal Medicine, Residency Training Program, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 356421, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA, 98195, 2Rural Health Academic Centre, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, 49 Graham Street, Shepparton VIC 3632, Australia, 3Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, & Metabolism, University of Washington School of Medicine, 4225 Roosevelt Ave NE, Suite 101, Seattle, WA, 98105, Running title: Glycated hemoglobin and hemochromatosis Email: Beverly Mielke Kocarnik ; Dawn DeWitt ; Irl B. Hirsch ihirsch@u.washington.edu *Corresponding author: Beverly Mielke Kocarnik MD, MPH Department of Internal Medicine Residency Training Program University of Washington School of Medicine Box 356421 1959 NE Pacific Street Seattle, WA 98195 Email: bmielke@uw.edu Phone: 971-404-7060 Fax: 206-685-8652 Abstract word count: 187 Article text word count: 1166 Number of tables and figures: 2 Keywords: hemochromatosis, glycated hemoglobin, diabetes mellitus Abstract
Falsely lowered glycated hemoglobin levels in a patient with hemochromatosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus Beverly Mielke Kocarnik MD, MPH1*, Dawn DeWitt MD, MSc2, Irl B. Hirsch MD3 1Department of Internal Medicine, Residency Training Program, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 356421, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA, 98195, 2Rural Health Academic Centre, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, 49 Graham Street, Shepparton VIC 3632, Australia, 3Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, & Metabolism, University of Washington School of Medicine, 4225 Roosevelt Ave NE, Suite 101, Seattle, WA, 98105, Running title: Glycated hemoglobin and hemochromatosis Email: Beverly Mielke Kocarnik ; Dawn DeWitt ; Irl B. Hirsch ihirsch@u.washington.edu *Corresponding author: Beverly Mielke Kocarnik MD, MPH Department of Internal Medicine Residency Training Program University of Washington School of Medicine Box 356421 1959 NE Pacific Street Seattle, WA 98195 Email: bmielke@uw.edu Phone: 971-404-7060 Fax: 206-685-8652 Abstract word count: 187 Article text word count: 1166 Number of tables and figures: 2 Keywords: hemochromatosis, glycated hemoglobin, diabetes mellitus Abstract
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