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PAUL STARR, M.D.; REGINALD FITZ, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1924;33(1):97-108.

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Several observers have described cases of diabetes mellitus in which there appeared to be severe acidosis but in which there was no evidence in the urine of the presence of acetone bodies. Such cases have been described, for example, by Stadelmann¹ in 1883, by Frerichs² in 1884, by Lépine³ in 1909, by Revillet⁴ in 1914, by Rosenbloom⁵ in 1915, by McCaskey⁶ in 1916, and more recently by Bock, Field and Adair⁷ in 1923. These isolated observations have suggested the possibility that other acids than the acetone bodies may play a part in the production of diabetic acidosis, and have led us to study the urine of a series of diabetic patients to determine whether other organic acids than the ketones are ever excreted in any significant amounts. This paper records the results of this work.

We have used the following method: Mixed twenty-four hour samples of urine preserved with toluol . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Medical Clinic of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston.

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