Fasting ketone levels vary by age: implications for differentiating physiologic from pathologic ketotic hypoglycemia
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DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2022-0589
Abstract: Abstract Objectives Ketone production is a physiological phenomenon that occurs during beta-oxidation of free fatty acids. Distinguishing physiologic ketosis from pathologic over-production/underutilization of ketones is critical as part of the diagnostic evaluation of disorders of… read more here.
Keywords: ketone; children years; ketotic hypoglycemia; age ... See more keywords