The American journal of medicine
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Currently used methods to determine glycemia have certain disadvantages, including cost, heavy labor involvement, and storage problems. Determination of serum fructosamine levels, on the other hand, offers several potential advantages over these current measures. Our goal was to evaluate the utility of serum fructosamine as a measure of glycemia. ⋯ Assay of serum fructosamine appears to be comparable to that of HbA1C for determination of glycemic control. The automaticity, reproducibility, and lower cost for the fructosamine assay argue strongly in favor of this assay in comparison to those for other glycosylated proteins.