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Glycosylated Hemoglobins In Friedreich's Ataxia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

P. Draper
Affiliation:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
D. Shapcott
Affiliation:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
M. Langlois
Affiliation:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
B. Lemieux
Affiliation:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
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In a study of glycosylated hemoglobins in Friedreich's Ataxia patients and in family members, the level was found to be higher in insulin dependent diabetics than in healthy non-diabetic control subjects (p<0.01), but was similar to non-ataxic diabetic control subjects. Results for non-diabetic Friedreich's Ataxia patients and siblings were similar to those for non-diabetic control subjects while levels were slightly increased in the heterozygotes. It is concluded that in Friedreich's Ataxia patients and family members (apart from the insulin dependent diabetics), there was no hyperglycemia sufficient to be detected as an increase in glycosylated hemoglobins.

Type
Quebec Cooperative Study of Friedreich's Ataxia
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1980

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