Fernando Ovalle

2 months ago | jabfm.org | Rachel Klein |Fernando Ovalle |Julie Kanter

EndocrinologyFamily MedicineFructosamineHematologyInternal MedicineSickle Cell DiseaseType 2 DiabetesIntroductionAccurate testing for screening and diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among persons with hemoglobinopathies or hemoglobin variance is needed. For example, sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy formed from a missense mutation on the sixth β-globin gene.