Diseases

Ketosis

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).

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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).

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  • Ketoacidosis
  • Ketoacidoses
  • Acetonemia
  • Acetonuria
  • Ketoacidemia
  • Ketoaciduria
  • Ketonemia
  • Ketonuria
  • Metabolic Ketoacidosis
  • Metabolic Ketosis
  • Acetonemias
  • Acetonurias
  • Ketoacidemias
  • Ketoacidoses, Metabolic
  • Ketoacidosis, Metabolic
  • Ketoacidurias
  • Ketonemias
  • Ketonurias
  • Ketoses, Metabolic
  • Ketosis, Metabolic
  • Metabolic Ketoacidoses
  • Metabolic Ketoses

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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

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

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Ketosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007662. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007662
  2. Ketosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketosis
  3. Ketosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1123139