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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Acid-Base Imbalance > Acidosis > Ketosis

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Ketosis  

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Entry terms

  • Ketoacidoses
  • Ketoacidosis

Note

  • high levels of ketone bodies; do not confuse with KETOSES (monosaccharides); ketogenesis is probably KETONE BODIES /biosyn

Scope note

  • A condition characterized by an abnormally elevated concentration of KETONE BODIES in the blood (acetonemia) or urine (acetonuria). It is a sign of DIABETES COMPLICATION, starvation, alcoholism or a mitochondrial metabolic disturbance (e.g., MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE).

History note

  • 91(75); was see under ACIDOSIS 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007662

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