单词 | pentosuria |
释义 | pentosuriapentosuria[‚pen·təs′yu̇r·ē·ə]pentosuriapentosuria[pen″to-su´re-ah]pen·to·su·ri·a(pen'tō-syū'rē-ă), [MIM*260800]pentosuria(pĕn′tō-so͝or′ē-ə, -syo͝or′-)pen·to·su·ri·a(pen'tō-syūr'ē-ă)pentosuriaA 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. |
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