A challenging diagnosis of B-ketothiolase deficiency mimicking type 1 diabetes mellitus

A challenging diagnosis of B-ketothiolase deficiency mimicking type 1 diabetes mellitus

Beta-ketothiolase (BKT) deficiency is a disorder of ketone body metabolism and isoleucine catabolism. Patients with BKT deficiency have intermittent ketoacidosis attacks. In this report, we describe an unusual case that mimicked type 1 diabetes presentation. The patient is a 1-year-old boy who prese...

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Main Authors: Amal Ali Al-Hakami, Malak Ali Alghamdi, Khalid Sumaily, Reem Abdullah Al-Khalifah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Nature and Science of Medicine
Subjects:
b-ketothiolase deficiency
type 1 diabetes mellitus
unusual diabetes ketoacidosis
diabetes ketoacidosis
Online Access:http://www.jnsmonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-627X;year=2021;volume=4;issue=1;spage=74;epage=77;aulast=Al-Hakami

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