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Ketone bodies: a review of physiology, pathophysiology and application of monitoring to diabetes

L. Laffel

1999.11.1DIABETES-METABOLISM RESEARCH AND REVIEWS

DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-7560(199911/12)15:6<412::aid-dmrr72>3.0.co;2-8

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Recently, inexpensive quantitative tests of 3HB levels have become available for use with small blood samples (5–25 µl) and offer new options for monitoring and treating diabetes and other states characterized by the abnormal metabolism of ketone bodies.

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LAFFEL, L. Ketone bodies: A review of physiology, pathophysiology and application of monitoring to diabetes. DIABETES-METABOLISM RESEARCH AND REVIEWS, 1999, 15.