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pentosuria
pentosuria[‚pen·təs′yu̇r·ē·ə] (medicine) The presence of pentose in the urine. pentosuria
pentosuria [pen″to-su´re-ah] excretion of pentoses in the urine; benign pentosuria is an error of metabolism" >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.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.pentosuria (pĕn′tō-so͝or′ē-ə, -syo͝or′-)n. The excretion of one or more pentoses in the urine.pen·to·su·ri·a (pen'tō-syūr'ē-ă) The excretion of one or more pentoses in the urine. 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. |