A pediatric endocrinologist explains what ketones are, how and why the body produces ketones and what to do when your child has ketones.
The excretion of ketones other than acetone has been described in a few reports of patients with the ketotic hyperglycinemia syndrome. Our unexpected finding of butanone, 2-and 3-pentanone in the urine of Gompertz' patient with methylcrotonylglycinuria led us to modify our gaschromatographic(GC...