ketoaciduria

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Noun1.ketoaciduria - excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvationketoaciduria - excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation
acetonuria, ketonuria
branched chain ketoaciduria, maple syrup urine disease - an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood
symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
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ke·to·ac·i·du·ri·a

n. cetoaciduria, acidosis causada por el aumento de cuerpos cetónicos en la orina.
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Maple syrup urine disease: branched-chain ketoaciduria. Pediatrics 1960; 25:72-9.
A rare case report: Maple Syrup Urine Disease
Intermittent branched-chain ketoaciduria in ketotic hypoglycemia: investigation to localize the biochemical defect.
Significance of L-alloisoleucine in plasma for diagnosis of maple syrup urine disease
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