Medical term:
pentosuria
pentosuria
[pen″to-su´re-ah]excretion of pentoses in the urine; benign pentosuria is an inborn error of metabolism due to a defect in the activity of the enzyme l-xylulose dehydrogenase, resulting in high levels of l-xylulose in the urine.
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pen·to·su·ri·a
(pen'tō-syū'rē-ă), [MIM*260800]The excretion of one or more pentoses in elevated amounts in the urine.
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pentosuria
(pĕn′tō-so͝or′ē-ə, -syo͝or′-)n.
The excretion of one or more pentoses in the urine.
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pen·to·su·ri·a
(pen'tō-syūr'ē-ă)The excretion of one or more pentoses in the urine.
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pentosuria
A benign autosomal recessive disease in which more than a gram of a pentose sugar, L-xylulose, is excreted in the urine daily. The disease, which is due to a defect in the enzyme NADP-xylitol dehydrogenase, is largely limited to Ashkenazi Jews. The condition is harmless except that the urine sugar may lead to an incorrect diagnosis of DIABETES.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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